Car makers want to replace licence fees, rego and fuel excise with a tax on how far you drive
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The car industry is urging the federal government to lead a national overhaul of vehicle registration, stamp duty, licence fees and fuel excise and replace them with a single road-user charge to instead tax drivers for every kilometre they drive.
A body representing the major car manufacturers wants Canberra to intervene before several state governments progress with their own plans to levy electric vehicles per kilometre and capitalise on the consumer take-up of new technology vehicles to reform several inefficient taxes on drivers.