2023 Author: Eric Donovan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-21 15:44
The Treasury Department obviously has new plans for motorists. Older cars should be subjected to more stress in order to relieve new vehicles.
According to a report in the "Bild" newspaper, drivers of older vehicles complying with the Euro 2 and 3 emission standards and with high levels of carbon dioxide are at risk of increasing their vehicle tax. As the newspaper reports, citing an internal paper from the Federal Ministry of Finance available to it, around 16 million drivers are expected to pay significantly more from the beginning of next year.
Relief through stress
The background to this is the planned introduction of a linear CO2 tariff by the grand coalition, with which new, particularly low-emission cars will in future be relieved or entirely exempt from vehicle tax for a limited period. Since the tax revenue of around nine billion euros due to the federal states is to be retained, according to a note from the Ministry of Finance, “on the other hand, a large proportion of cars will have to be more heavily burdened by a newly designed KraftSt (motor vehicle tax) from 1.1.2009”.
As the “Bild” newspaper reported further, according to the plans, for example, a VW Passat Diesel would have to be paid 395 euros instead of the previous 308 euros in vehicle tax. For a Ford C-Max (gasoline engine) the tax would rise by 71 to 192 euros. An Opel Corsa Diesel would get off relatively lightly with 206 euros (previously 200). Because of the plans to introduce pollutant-related taxation of new vehicles, there is also a threat of a new dispute in the coalition. CSU boss Erwin Huber announced in the “Bild” newspaper resistance: “This must not become a penalty tax for ordinary people who cannot buy a new car overnight. Nobody drives an older car for fun, but because they cannot afford a modern and low-emission one."
