Fuel Schemes

Fuel schemes provide credits and grants to reduce the costs of some fuels or provide a benefit to encourage recycling of waste oils. There are various types of schemes:

• Fuel tax credits for business - provides a credit for the excise or customs duty included in the price of fuel used for business activities, in machinery, plant, equipment and heavy vehicles
• Fuel tax credits – non business - credit for fuel used to generate domestic electricity or operate emergency vehicles or vessels for non-profit organisations
• Product stewardship for oil (PSO) program - supports recycling oil for environmental sustainability. This includes recycling used oil and using recycled oil