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Fuel Levy

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Overview

A fuel levy is a surcharge applied to your transport rates. In CartonCloud there are three levels at which the fuel levy can be adjusted. Control over whether a fuel levy is applied at all is controlled by the Transport Rate.

 

Fuel Levy Application Level 

Level Application Description
Base Fuel Levy (Master %) Applied to all transport rates within the account, unless overridden by the Rate Card or Transport Rate fuel levy. 
  • The base fuel levy can be updated from the Fuel Price History page. From this page you can also view the history of fuel price changes. Read Fuel Price History page for more information 
Rate Card Fuel Levy Offset Applied to all Transport Rates within the Rate Card, unless overridden by the Transport Rate fuel levy. 
  • Navigate to the Rate Card page by typing Rate Card in the Search for anything bar.
  • If editing an existing Rate Card, select the applicable rate card and Edit at the bottom of the screen.
  • You will then be able to select if you wish to ignore the base fuel levy and create a new levy or add an offset to the base fuel levy.

Transport Rate Fuel Levy / Offset

 

 Appliedd to all charges within that Transport Rate. 
  • Navigate to the Rate Card page by typing 'Rate Card' in the Search for anything bar.
  • Select the applicable Rate Card and then the applicable Transport Rate (from within the Transport Rates tab of the Rate Card) or create a new one. 
  • You can either configure the fuel levy to Rate (this will override all other set levies with the rate you input) or Offset (this will add an offset on top of the existing fuel levy (based on the above two levels)).

How to create a Base Fuel Levy (Fuel Price History page) 

You create the Base Fuel Levy from the Fuel Price History page. To do this;

  • Type in Fuel Levy into the Search for anything bar.
  • Here you will see the current and past Fuel Levy. To create a new one click the blue Change button in the top left corner.

  • Enter the Fuel Levy (Percentage).

  • If you wish to set a Start Date and/or End Date. Tick the 'Set Start/End Date of Fuel Price' option. Enter the relevant date. If you do not enter a date the Start Date will default to now and the End Date will default to never end. 

  • Click Save. 

 

Points to consider:

  • Any Fuel Levy that was created prior to end of November 2023 will not show a start or end date. 
  • If you enter a Fuel Levy and set a future date it will override any existing fuel levy with the same future date. 

 

How to apply Rate Card and Transport Rates Fuel Levy 

To make changes to the Fuel Levy at the Rate Card and Transport Rates level you will need to do so from within the Rate Card and the Transport Rate itself. 

Rate

Description

Fuel Levy Offset (Rate Card & Transport Rate)

The amount that should be applied to the base fuel levy.

For example, if the base fuel levy is 12% but you wish a customer to always be 2% higher, you would apply a Fuel Levy Offset of 2% to their associated Rate Card.

On the other hand, if you require the customer to track 2% below the base fuel levy, you would apply an offset of -2%. 

Fuel Levy offsets can be set on both the Rate Card and Transport Rate and will be added together if set on both. 

Ignore Base Setting (Rate Card)

If you just want to fix the fuel levy for a customer, then setting "Ignore Base Setting" to Yes will cause the Fuel Levy Offset to be applied to a base fuel levy of 0.
For example, if you want to charge a 7% fuel levy regardless of what your overall Fuel Levy is, then you would set "Ignore Base Setting" to Yes, and Fuel Levy Offset to 7%.

Rate (Transport Rate)

From the dropdown menu, you can select either Offset or Rate. By selecting rate, you can apply a completely new fuel levy from the Rate Card and Base fuel levy. 

How to activate the Fuel Levy

To activate the fuel levy simply select the fuel icon (it will turn green) next to the applicable charge. You will need to do this for every applicable charge within the Transport Rate. The fuel icon will be green when it is being applied and will stay grey when it is not being applied. 

Fuel levy not active (no fuel levy will be applied to this charge): 

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Fuel Levy calculation 

The calculation of the fuel levy will be shown on the Consignment charges tab against the Consignment. The fuel levy percentage and dollar amount being charged will show in the calculations.

The below video covers how to apply a fuel levy.