For tax purposes, I take the standard vehicle mileage deduction for business miles. I rarely have maintenance costs, so I probably come out ahead that way, and to do otherwise, I'd have to keep a log. I can track my fuel costs simply by going to my bank account record online, since I buy all gas with the same bank debit card. I expressed surprise at the notion that some might graph the rise and fall of prices. Not disdain, just surprise.
Paul On Jul 17, 2011, at 1:45 AM, John Coyle wrote: > I have to track my fuel and repair costs for tax purposes, but I only do it > once a year. > In my experience, we in Australia are paying ridiculously high prices for > fuel with our > currency being amongst the strongest in the world currently. > I recall a couple of years ago when the US/A$ exchange rate was about .65-.68 > consistently, we were paying 68-75c per litre, with the price of oil over > US$100 per > barrel. > Now the price of oil is less than US$70 per barrel, our A$ is worth more than > US$1, and > I'm paying A$1.45 per litre - go figure. > Reports in the Australian press have it that the price of oil is actually > set by > commodities speculators rather than supply and demand factors, so that we are > faced with > consumers being ripped off on a daily basis - when can we take 'em out and > shoot 'em? > > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob > Studdert > Sent: Sunday, 17 July 2011 11:53 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT: Gasoline prices? > > On 17 July 2011 11:16, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Of course not. But the that universe is a foreign world to me. I know such >> behavior is > common to scientists IT folk and the like. No offense, but I don't go there. > > I'm guessing it has a lot to do with spending limited available funds most > wisely. As such > I need to track all my expenditure also. > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the > directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
