Consumption of the tax relief
Diesel rip-off: Why drivers pay several times for the state failure
dpa An advertising poster in front of a petrol station. The diesel price drops – but the tax exemption for the fuel could be tilted
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Site editor Sebastian Viehmann
The Federal Environment Agency has now officially requested what was foreseeable for months: the diesel engine is to be banished from the city centers and the tax exemption for diesel is eliminated. The state already collects the lion’s share at the petrol pump.
It was already clear in summer: that won’t end a good end for the diesel. Because in Germany and other EU countries it had been permitted for years that nitrogen oxide limit values were permanently exceeded in the cities, there was a thick complaint from the EU . Only then did the exhaust gas scandal be followed by VW, but fired the headwind for the diesel massively. Finally the house of cards collapsed. For years, the Federal Government and Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) allowed the car manufacturers to specify unrealistic consumption values .
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Whether it was about the use of illegal software, as with the VW scandal or in general about deviations between standard and real consumption, as recently measured by Renault, Opel and Mercedes, should ultimately not matter for the driver. Because diesel drivers will pay in any case in the future: The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) recommends the abolition of the tax relief for diesel. "I am in favor of gradually adjusting the diesel tax rate", said the head of the authority, Maria Krautzberger, the dpa news agency. As the reason, it cited the increased nitrogen dioxide values in some inner cities. She doesn’t see how the diesel in today’s form in the city centers "Another long future" could have. Tempo 30 was also required in city centers and the loss of tax advantage for company cars.Electric car database-all electric cars and plug-in hybrids in the test
Driving bans and blue badges
Krautzberger spoke out for this, At first only the users of private diesel vehicles to ask more to the cash register. The transport industry should initially be spared from the tax increase. In addition, driving bans are threatened: the cities would have to get more personal powers to reduce nitrogen dioxide load faster. This could include existing environmental zone restrictions for diesel cars up to the Euro 5 pollutant class, according to the UBA manager to the dpa.
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Exhaust gas scandal and the consequences: Federal government releases diesel for shooting
It would first hit the drivers of older diesel vehicles. The trick is simple: with new environmental zones and the blue badge that has already been announced several times, older diesel vehicles from the city centers could be banished in a first step. The possible consequences can be easily estimated:
- Many drivers would be forced to buy new vehicles if they cannot do without the ride in city centers.
- At least older diesel vehicles of the Euro 5 emissions standard, but possibly also some newer diesel with Euro 6, which do not meet the limit values tightened by real exhaust gas measurements from 2017, would be difficult to sell on the used car market.
- With the new consumption information, which will be introduced from 2017, drivers will finally receive more realistic values-but since the vehicle tax also takes into account the CO2 emissions (which is directly related to consumption), it will probably also be more expensive here.
- The possible elimination of the company car privilege would hit the German auto industry hard. Especially VW, Audi, BMW and Mercedes depend on the company car business.
While Mercedes does not provide any information about the diesel content of its sales, Audi is more open: In the compact class (A1, A3, Q3), the proportion is around 45 percent, in the middle class (A4, A5, Q5) at around 80 percent and In the upper class (A6, A7, Q7, A8) even at 85 percent.
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So the diesel price is composed
What the Federal Environment Agency does not mention in all its proposals: The state is already collecting the lion’s share in gasoline and also with diesel. According to current data from the Mineral oil economic association (MWV), the diesel price per liter is composed as follows (as of November 2015, information in cent):
- Consumer price: 114.23
- of that Product price: 33.67
- Mineral oil tax: 47.04
- VAT: 18.24
- contribution margin (Costs for transport, warehousing, logistics, sales etc.): 15.28
With almost 80 cents per liter, the tax authorities collect the biggest chunk. Higher fuel and vehicle taxes would rinse even more money into the coffers.According to the data of the MWV, the proportion of diesel fuel in the fuel sold has increased steadily in recent years. Since 2008, around 18 to 19 million tons of super gasoline have been sold relatively constant at German petrol pumps (normal gasoline is almost no longer available). In the case of diesel, however, the numbers rose from 29.9 million tons (2008) to 35.6 million tons (2014). And the German auto industry sometimes sells far more than half of its cars with diesel engines, exhaust gas scandal or not.
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In 1950 Diesel still cost 17 cents per liter
By the way, the impression that diesel fuel is cheap than ever is wrong. As historical prices of the Center Automotive Research (Car) show at the University of Duisburg-Essen, the current average price reaches the level of ten years ago. However, there have been strong price fluctuations more often – and compared to earlier decades, drivers are likely to come at prices of 80 cents in 2000 or 17 cents in 1950.
Center Automotive Research (Car) / University of Duisburg-Essen The historical development of diesel prices (indication or. Conversion into cent, nominal values without taking inflation into account)
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Cargo ships
Have been proven by the largest air polluters. Trucks are cleaner than the most modern cars. … Fine dust by gasoline direct injection only becomes an issue when the diesel is Associator. If we all stop buying, most problems were already solved. No freighter, no trucks, beautiful world, naked hungry freezing
An old trick of politics
The state promotes something for as long until as many people as possible jump on it. Then the funding is canceled and you are happy about the additional income. In the case of diesel, the vehicle taxes were massively increased compared to the petrol engine, but the mineral oil tax was lowered. Now the mineral oil tax for evil diesel is increased massively, although the vehicle tax naturally remains the same. A few billion more rings in the state treasury. In its wisdom, the Federal Environment Agency should also think about oil heating. The pollute the environment umpteen times more than modern diesel and cannot be banished from the cities, logical. Of course, nobody dares to do so. The fact that cars are only for the very small part of the fine dust pollution is a truism.
What…..
….On a neatly set oil heater "pollute" should you want to explain to you, please! Thanks!
Motor vehicle for diesel M1 vehicles (car)
Basically, a vehicle tax would be desirable. I have a car with a large diesel engine that we have bought ourselves because of the driving comfort, the large space and the high pulls. The vehicle is being loaded with a high annual tax without being driven by a kilometer. It would be easier and fairer for my explanation that this "Stand tax" would be abolished and everything would be struck to the consumption. The price for the liter of fuel would increase significantly, which would also have a speed -damping effect. Side effect: I would buy a pure electric vehicle for short -distance operation very promptly. 200km range would be completely sufficient. The diesel vehicle remained largely in the garage.
Lord Heim,
If you hardly drive your car, just register it with short -term license plates, then save the taxes.
The madness has a method …
Depending on the effect, diesel engines produce up to 20 percent less CO2 than a gasoline engine, because the exhaust gas production of combustion engines is proportional to the fuel consumption. Until yesterday, the biggest problem of humanity was the CO2-driven climate change. The diesel saves a lot from this evil CO2. Today, however, the slogan of the Arcades of the Brussels EU Filz is the slogan that Noxe has a higher priority in the future. As chance, horror news about (actually manufactured) Smog in China is spiritual. The long -distance goal: In city centers only top earners and politicians drive a car. The latter can be 100.000- € electric car then pay from the stupid voting cattle. Welcome to Elysium.
Poor commuters
As a commuter, I am dependent on my almost 8 year old diesel car. After not always low fuel prices in recent years, I’m looking forward to the currently low prices. But it was clear that father state did not like the development. If the price of diesel is low, the tax authorities of course earn less. So you are looking for ways to collect more again. I find it particularly annoying that the transport system with all the truck dirt sling should be outdoors. Older car owners in particular are burdened enough with permanent workshop visits when the cars are their job -related mileage. Not everyone earns over 8000 euros a month on diet and can just buy new cars…
Transport industry, Mr. Fuchs, would be idealized
Your statement is correct if there was no significant proportion of empty trips. Now there are not only long-distance trucks that rarely frequent the inner cities (z.B. In Munich, remote trucks are guided via the bypass BAB). There is a similar one in general cargo transport "age structure" As with the cars, whereby the trucks produce considerably more pollutants over the higher consumption.
Stupid
In the past, you didn’t just reduce the taxes for diesel fuel, but have offset them with the vehicle tax. Then this drastically increased vehicle tax at the time, actually reduced again, but these chatter from the environmental office does not want to know anything about that? Or has this small detail missed these one -sidedly fogied gentlemen, but I would not be surprised with them either.
The diesel victim
It was not long ago that the state has recommended the diesel and now a typical state turning is carried out in which the little man has paid the colliery for the errors that the state committed. Due to the mineral oil tax increase, it even becomes the beneficiary of his missed politics.
Yes, of course…
In my eyes it was even planned in the long term… And that these taxes are not used for a purpose should also be clear.
Fine dust alarm in Stuttgart ?
Fits here? Fine dust alarm from 11. Jan. in Stuttgart? Last Sunday the Chancellor welcomed the results of the climate conference. Nanu ? Where the sudden change of attorney came from? It was recently against tightening the exhaust gas standards? You remember this somewhat older message: (Quote: Source Focuse.de) Luxembourg/Hamburg – All good things are three – at least for the car lobby and her reliable friend, Chancellor Angela Merkel. Because on Monday the vote on an EU compromise that has already been found was postponed to stricter exhaust gas regulations for the third time: After Germany made a decision to make a decision in July and early October, no solution was found at the meeting of the EU Environment Minister.