HMRC routinely reviews the published Advisory Fuel Rates every three months. The current rates, effective from 01 March 2012, are added to the table below. The only changes compared with the December 2011 rates are two that apply to diesel cars.
Employers may choose to:
- implement the new rates immediately, or use the old rate for up to one further month, and
- make, or require employees to make supplementary payments, if the new rates cannot be applied immediately, although there is no obligation to do so:
Petrol and LPG
| Fuel | Period | Engine Size | ||
| 1400cc or less | 1401 to 2000cc | Over 2000cc | ||
| Petrol and petrol-hybrid(pence per mile) | from 1/6/10 | 12p | 15p | 21p |
| from 1/12/10 | 13p | 15p | 21p | |
| from 1/3/11 | 14p | 16p | 23p | |
| from 1/6/11 | 15p | 18p | 26p | |
| from 1/9/11 | 15p | 18p | 26p | |
| from 1/12/11 | 15p | 18p | 26p | |
| from 1/03/12 | 15p | 18p | 26p | |
| LPG (pence per mile) | from 1/6/10 | 8p | 10p | 14p |
| from 1/12/10 | 9p | 10p | 15p | |
| from 1/3/11 | 10p | 12p | 17p | |
| from 1/6/11 | 11p | 13p | 18p | |
| from 1/9/11 | 11p | 12p | 18p | |
| from 1/12/11 | 10p | 12p | 18p | |
| from 1/03/12 | 10p | 12p | 18p | |
Diesel
| Period | Engine Size | |||
| 1400cc or less | 1401 to 2000cc | Over 2000cc | ||
| Diesel (pence per mile) | from 1/6/10 | 11p | 11p | 16p |
| from 1/12/10 | 12p | 12p | 15p | |
| from 1/3/11 | 13p | 13p | 16p | |
| from 1/6/11 | see below | |||
| Period | Engine Size | |||
| 1600cc or less | 1601 to 2000cc | Over 2000cc | ||
| Diesel (pence per mile) | from 1/6/11 | 12p | 15p | 18p |
| from 1/9/11 | 12p | 15p | 18p | |
| from 1/12/11 | 12p | 15p | 18p | |
| from1/03/12 | 13p | 15p | 19p | |
HMRC documents the way in which the rates are calculated. They are based on average fuel consumption for the different engine sizes, reduced by 15% to make the figures more realistic. The fuel prices used are:
- petrol – 135.20 per litre (614.70p per gallon)
- diesel – 143.20p per litre (650.80p per gallon)
- LPG – 74.1p per litre (336.90p per gallon)
By way of a reminder, the Advisory Fuel Rates are provided by HMRC for employers to apply where they:
- reimburse employees for business travel in their company cars, or
- require employees to repay the cost of fuel used for private travel in company cars.
The latest rates are published immediately a change is announced.
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