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Immortality

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gokiwi64 said:
Its the same issue here in N.Z, charging points around towns - when not vandalized , nothing in between and nothing to provide the power if there was - Its a world over problem same problem different scenario.
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Must be different down south but up north there are heaps of chargers about. I see EV's everywhere. I regularly drive between Auckland and Hawera and I see chargers at lots of little towns.
 
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figjam said:
I wasn't referring to the GST, or non GST on FIT ........................ I was alluding to the 'income' of FIT.
When the Gubbermint realises that homeowners and renters are receiving $100 or $5,000 'income' from FIT, why should they not include that in your personal tax liability.
(Bugga, now I have let the cat out of the bag, and given them the idea )
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Yep, it seems to be an aberration. We have to declare our bank interest, but not our PV earnings.

As far as I can tell, the ATO does know about it and their view at the moment is to let it slide. I did read somewhere that if the primary purpose is income (rather than just saving on your energy bills), or if you are already registered for GST, then it has to be declared as income.

But who knows what the future holds? At the moment it seems to be treated as an unofficial perk to encourage the uptake of new technology.
 
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chrisp said:
Yep, it seems to be an aberration. We have to declare our bank interest, but not our PV earnings.

As far as I can tell, the ATO does know about it and their view at the moment is to let it slide. I did read somewhere that if the primary purpose is income (rather than just saving on your energy bills), or if you are already registered for GST, then it has to be declared as income.

But who knows what the future holds? At the moment it seems to be treated as an unofficial perk to encourage the uptake of new technology.
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Would be interesting how they'd go about it, for those that have their bills in 2 names....

Knowing the gov't, they'd hook both, even if only 1 worked, should it come into play
 
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Immortality said:
Must be different down south but up north there are heaps of chargers about. I see EV's everywhere. I regularly drive between Auckland and Hawera and I see chargers at lots of little towns.
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That would be right - NI gets a fair bit more of the lions share of public infrastructure. Where I work we have 6 chargers for over 200 staff (no idea how many drive ev's but there are a fair few) - No rapid or fast chargers and you are limited to 4 hours maximum , certainly no "public" chargers in any of the smaller towns . Work are currently providing a free charge but have said they will look at a costed charging service.
 
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vc commodore said:
Would be interesting how they'd go about it, for those that have their bills in 2 names....

Knowing the gov't, they'd hook both, even if only 1 worked, should it come into play
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Probably the same way as interest is declared on joint bank accounts - “your share”?
 
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gokiwi64 said:
That would be right - NI gets a fair bit more of the lions share of public infrastructure. Where I work we have 6 chargers for over 200 staff (no idea how many drive ev's but there are a fair few) - No rapid or fast chargers and you are limited to 4 hours maximum , certainly no "public" chargers in any of the smaller towns . Work are currently providing a free charge but have said they will look at a costed charging service.
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We have them everywhere, even my local cafe has one free for customers.
 
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Immortality said:
We have them everywhere, even my local cafe has one free for customers.
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I think they will come in time - but not soon enough for most and the other huge problem that is being consistently ignored/pushed under the carpet is where is the power going to come from for all these chargers we need ?.

We would need at least 2 average sized nuclear power stations (well that and for all the houses currently being built ) - Solar is out and so is wind, cant use coal and steam is limited.
 
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