Bovag: ‘Little to be achieved with vintage cars and LPG drivers’

On Budget Day, several new plans were announced by the now outgoing cabinet and, as usual, the motorist has not been forgotten. For example, the government wants to increase the MRB (motor vehicle tax) for cars that run on LPG-G3 and also for campers. The classic car scheme will be further simplified. That is a thorn in the side of the Bovag. According to the trade association, ‘little (CO2) profit can be achieved here’ because the cars together travel relatively few kilometers. “The announced abolition of the relatively favorable MRB G3 rate is even counterproductive for the environment.” De Bovag believes that it is better to wait for payment according to use, because it will then automatically be ‘taxed more fairly’. “To temporarily set up another system that will have to be dismantled within a few years is not wise and will also cost the Tax Authorities valuable implementation capacity.”

The Bovag, like the Rai Association, also believes that there should be clarity about what will happen to the MRB for electric cars. “The government does not seem to have any intention of compensating for the additional weight of the battery pack of EVs. This is disastrous for the support for the transition to sustainable mobility. And for the necessary rapid development of a second-hand market for electric cars, which is necessary so that People with a smaller budget can also participate in electrification.” For those who cannot yet drive electrically, Bovag believes it is important that fuel costs do not continue to skyrocket. The trade association therefore hopes that the excise duty increase will not go ahead as of January 1. “Fortunately, there now appears to be a majority in the House of Representatives in favor of maintaining the current excise rates.”