Everything seems to indicate that this Thursday Congress will approve a tax reform in which increases will be imposed on various taxes, such as banking, tobacco or tourist rentals, among others. Although the vote should have taken place this Monday, the Finance Commission in which it was to be approved was postponed as the relevant consensus was not reached, motivated mainly by disagreements over the tax on energy companies. On the other hand, where there does not seem to be so many discrepancies is in aggravating the diesel tax.
This measure does not emanate from a whim or an occurrence, but rather responds to an old European demand that demands equate the diesel tax with that of gasoline. Specifically, that of the Special Tax on Hydrocarbons. It should be noted that, currently, for each liter of 95 gasoline, 0.40 euros are paid at the general rate, while the same tax on diesel is 0.30 euros. That is, there is a difference of almost 10 euro cents for each liter of fuel.
Therefore, this increase basically aims to correct this inequality. Specifically, the measure that is presumably going to be approved aims to increase the general rate of the Special Tax by 9.37 cents per liter. This increase, in turn, would impact the Value Added Tax, which is calculated on the total price of the product. Therefore, the rise would be approximately 10 cents.
If we take into account that an average diesel tank has a capacity of between 45 and 65 liters, each visit to the gas station by an individual—since the measure would not apply to professionals—would translate into an additional outlay of between 4 and 6 euros.
With this measure, in addition to correcting a disadvantage between both fuels, the Government estimates that it will raise up to 2.4 billion euros.
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