A car, two tax rates: Who allows his new cars until 2021, pays thousands of dollars

From the draft of the Ministry of Finance show that new registrations from 1. January 2021 to each 100 cubic inches of engine displacement 9,50 euros. A step wi

From the draft of the Ministry of Finance show that new registrations from 1. January 2021 to each 100 cubic inches of engine displacement 9,50 euros. A step wise increasing of the surcharge for each gram of carbon Dioxide emission per kilometre. The Vehicle tax is calculated on the engine capacity of the car and the CO2 emissions, which is simply calculated from the fuel consumption is high. The CO2 component should in future play a greater role.

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is the most On demand to the press-Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance Christoph Kuhn FOCUS Online confirmed that the scheme was applicable only for vehicles, starting in January 2021, for the first time re-admitted to. He referred to the economy and the future package of the Federal government, which was recently launched.

Two tax rates for the same car

The result of the proposed scheme: Who buys the same model in February 2021, pays more road tax than if he allows it in December 2020. It is a question of considerable amounts and it is by no means affected only "gas guzzlers", but also bread-and-Butter cars. The "image"newspaper lists for several vehicle models, such as the old and new road tax will be different – if the proposals become law. Here are two examples:

  • The VW Golf VIII 1.5 eTSI , annual Car tax of 148 Euro would rise to 161,50 Euro.
  • When Porsche Macan GTS the difference would be greater. Of year 428 euros, the Car tax would rise to 658 euros per year.

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thousands of euros the difference in Car tax - depending on the approval of the year

The increase applies to the entire life cycle of a vehicle. This means that The longer a Car is driven, the higher the different tax falls to between 2020 and 2021 approved Car. Over several years, it is thousands of euros.

Specifically:

  • Who's driving his 2021 notified VW Golf VIII 1.5 eTSI for five years, pays a total of 67,50 Euro more in motor Vehicle taxes.
  • The Porsche Macan GTS is the amount at 1150 euros. After ten years, the costs amounted to 2300 euros.

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Who carries himself with the purchase of a (new) car that is not powered electrically, it should go best in the current year to the dealer and his car purchase. Otherwise, he pays for an identical vehicle, higher motor Vehicle taxes. And every year, as long as he uses his Car. A prerequisite is of course that the design is decided, actually. Compared to FOCUS Online Kuhn stressed that it was a "vorfinale" Version of the draft. Changes are still possible on several levels.

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It would, however, within a short period of time, the second Vehicle-tax-increase, because in the context of the changeover to the current consumption measurement cycle, the WLTP, there was already a hidden increase in September 2018. The fuel consumption figures are closer now for the customer's reality, however, the CO2 emissions are on the rise – and not real, but only on paper because of the new calculation method. Of bizarre way, are also affected economical small car. The greater honesty in the consumption of information has to be paid for with higher taxes on vehicles and there is for two identical vehicles according to the first registration date of different tax rates.

Vehicle tax exemption for electricity creates long-term problems

From an emission value of 95 grams per Kilometer (g/km) up to 115 g/km of the rate of 2.00 euros per gram is. Therefore, almost all new cars by CO2 are not affected-penalty tax, which are Plug-In Hybrids (or E-cars are already exempt from tax). Because only a very few Diesel and petrol engine, such as the C1 from Citroen, the Honda Civic, the Vauxhall Corsa or Toyota Aygo create it in certain engines under the 95 gram limit. Also in Germany, duty: you already Know the Tank icons? FOCUS Online in Germany, duty: you already Know the Tank icons?

As an additional burden for most drivers, even for the owner of a Plug-In-hybrid - coming in 2021, then the so-called CO2-price, which makes gasoline and Diesel progressively more expensive. This taxation according to CO2, according to the Car tax and the environmental tax, which is levied for over 20 years on motor fuels, already the third, a CO2 tax that is asking motorists to the checkout. In return, should decrease costs for the power, the reach is currently in Germany with a 30 cents per kilowatt-hour Europe-wide peak values. If prices were to decline really, have electric and Hybrid cost-drivers so a lower Load.

The idea of the Federal government is querzusubventionieren, by ever - higher costs for gasoline and Diesel vehicles to electric mobility. This could, however, reach their limits when - as the Federal government hoped that the number of electric vehicles is increasing really rapidly. Because then, the revenue from the motor Vehicle and petroleum tax to pay for roads and infrastructure are missing in the future. ECB: First Inflation, then a new monetary order is coming - what the saver is in FOCUS ECB: First Inflation, then a new monetary order is coming - what the saver is called

Update: FDP: motor Vehicle tax reform is detrimental in the crisis of German car manufacturers,

, The FDP has accused the Grand coalition, to harm with your plans for a motor Vehicle tax reform the German car manufacturers, suppliers and their employees. The Parliamentary Secretary and financial policy spokesman of the FDP parliamentary group, Florian Toncar, told the German press Agency, to increase the Vehicle tax for Diesel and petrol vehicles, and to promote at the same time, only the E-cars more, "is a tax that will literally act as a deterrent (...). In this case, this key German industry was struggling even before the Corona-crisis hard to come by."

the criticism from The IG Metall and the concern for irreversible job losses is justified against this Background, more than, said Toncar. "The auto industry had finally earned a fair framework conditions, the openness to new technologies include, for example, for synthetic fuels, or hydrogen." The SPD have "let the employees completely out in the rain" and the Union is not broken in the coalition agreement, a fixed promise to raise taxes. to put

"incentives for climate-efficient cars, the Vehicle tax is the wrong medium. Much more effective and cheaper at the same time, it would be, the fuels in the emissions trading, as proposed in the FDP parliamentary group,“ the FDP to consider politicians.

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Date Of Update: 04 August 2022, 07:21
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