A Tank of Petrol – Where Does Your Money Go?
As of April the makeup of the cost of petrol (as reported by the Automobile Association) is as shown in the table below.
Notes to the table:
- The difference between the two sets of prices is the cost of transport (34 cents per litre) to get fuel from the coast to inland.
- The Fuel Levy is a general tax and is part of Government taxes. It will contribute R77.5 billion to taxes in 2018/2019.
- The RAF is to compensate those injured in road accidents. RAF will raise R41.2 billion in 2018/2019.
- Storage, margin and distribution is mainly the fee paid to wholesalers and service stations.
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