HPL Group - Mine Fuel-Tax Rebate Consultancy

HPL Group is a specialist indirect taxes practice, dealing predominately with the energy grants (credits) scheme, the fuel tax credit scheme and other earlier schemes, covering diesel-fuel rebate issues.

Established in 1987, HPL Group boasts over 1,000 Australia-wide clients in public and private companies, government authorities and small businesses. The practice is covered by substantial professional indemnity insurance, as is required by professional associations and public practice requirements.

HPL Group offers tax rebate consultancy to the following industries:

• Earthmoving
• Mining
• Concrete pumping
• Construction
• Transport
• Landscaping
• Mobile cranes
• Smash repairs / towing
• Couriers
• Agriculture

Fuel credit rebates / refunds for mining contractors

HPL Group specialises in fuel rebates available to businesses throughout Australia. Many Australian businesses that are eligible for the federal government's fuel tax credits miss out on this significant income source.

HPL’s consultants travel Australia-wide to assist existing and new clients in obtaining the best possible rebate / refund under the fuel credit schemes.

Mining industry diesel / fuel rebates

The Australian taxation office has changed the legislation in regard to diesel / fuel rebates several times in the past nine years. This had led to major confusion in the many industries that use both diesel and alternative fuels, resulting in a great deal of misinformation in the wider business and accounting communities.

Sectorss affected include mining contractors, truck owners / operators, rail operators / contractors, concrete pumpers, farmers and agriculturalists, mobile crane operators, civil engineers, and particularly the earthmoving industry.

Fuel tax rebate services for the mining industry

HPL Group specialises in the compilation of back claims for businesses of all types and sizes, including those in the mining industry. With more than 1,700 clients Australia-wide, the HPL team uses conservative methods to capture eligible rebates in a timely fashion.

If your business buys fuel you may be eligible for a rebate and could be due a significant refund from the past. Further rebates may be available on an ongoing basis.

Indirect tax management consultancy

HPL Group provides indirect tax management services, with past experience including Coopers & Lybrand Sydney (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and Deloittes Sydney. Our firm has reciprocal working relationships with other indirect tax consulting firms.

Other indirect tax disciplines include research and development incentives, payroll tax, export grants, GST and land taxes.

Qualified taxation consultants

HPL Group’s principal and all professional consulting staff are members of recognised professional accounting associations.

The company's principal, Harry Lamerton, MNIA, has spent more than 30 years working with taxation issues, including several years with the Australian taxation office.

Our professional national consultants, Odette Yen (Camden office) and Katie Gilbert (Mudgee office), bring many years of experience in fields such as taxation consultancy, auditing, manufacturing, wholesaling, transport, project management, finance and business administration.