A review of fuel taxes in various countries | |
| Author | Weerakkody, Nadeesha Upamali |
| Call Number | AIT Caps. Proj. no.CIE-17-63 |
| Subject(s) | Gasoline--Taxation Gasoline--Prices |
| Note | A capstone project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Caps. Proj. ; no. CIE-17-63 |
| Abstract | Fossil fuels are of great importance because they can be burned producing significant amounts of energy per unit weight. Fuels are used for different purposes. The main focus of this research to review the gasoline or petrol tax of various countries, then identify the components include in gasoline tax such as sales tax, VAT (Value added tax), GST (Goods and service tax), excise tax and other taxes. Gasoline price varies from country to country because gasoline tax is calculated depending on policies of the respective country. Fuel tax counts as an inland revenue. This report shows which countries have high tax of gasoline and higher gasoline price. For the study 100 countries were taken. This research develops a data base of pre-taxed price, excise tax rate, total tax rate and total price of selected 100 countries. Data included is collected from various publishers via internet from end of 2016 to early months 2017. The study will provide you information of lower fuel tax countries, higher fuel tax countries also the middle range countries. The study will provide information about the gasoline prices which were taken on March 6th, 2017 are under above mentioned categories. |
| Year | 2017 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Caps. Proj. ; no. CIE-17-63 |
| Type | Capstone Project |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (CIE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Surachet Pravinvongvuth; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kunnawee Kanitpong; |
| Degree | Capstone Project (B.Sc.)-Asian Institute of Technology, 2017 |