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Old 07-07-2010, 01:24 PM   #11 (permalink)
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How much of that is taxes?
A lot....in the last years the tax was as high as 81.7% of total price (VAT included) you can see some info:
Price to go up in UK 2011

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Old 07-07-2010, 02:07 PM   #12 (permalink)
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The VAT on fuel is calculated on top of the excise tax so the price will go up even more.
So they even tax the tax over there.
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