Bovag is critical of the car tax plans of the outgoing cabinet. According to the trade association, the changed rules regarding addition to tax, among other things, are slowing down the advance of electric driving.
The outgoing cabinet presents the new tax plans and there are also some changes for car taxes. For example, the addition rate for electric cars will be increased from 12 to 16 percent, and the upper limit for the 16 percent portion will also be €35,000. For cars with a higher list price, an additional 22 percent must be paid for the part of the price that is above that. The limit is now €45,000. An eyesore, Bovag thinks. In the context of encouraging electric driving in the interest of achieving climate goals, this would prefer that the 12 percent addition to tax continues to apply and that the limit goes to €40,000 instead of €35,000.
“Bovag believes that this will help the climate ambitions of the Netherlands. In addition to the national Climate Agreement, we now also have the European target of achieving a 55 percent CO2 reduction by 2030 (Fit for 55). The EV plays a crucial role in this. You cannot frustrate the advance of this by already increasing the addition,” according to the trade association. According to Bovag, more attractive conditions are not only more favorable for increasing the number of new electric cars on Dutch roads, but can also have a more favorable effect in the longer term. “Every zero-emission car immediately yields CO2 profit, year after year. It is preferable to have less CO2 emissions from 2022 than years later. This also helps us create a second-hand market more quickly so that EV is also within reach for private individuals with a somewhat smaller budget. ” If it is up to Bovag, the government will also reverse the plans now presented.
The outgoing cabinet does want to allocate more money to purchase subsidies for electric cars. A cloth for the bleeding, Bovag thinks. It continues to ‘hand out subsidy with the handbrake on’, they say. “The fact that some money is now being added does not change that.” After all, the big problem, according to Bovag, is that the subsidy pot for a whole year is soon empty, while there is already a budget for more spread over several years. “We would like to repeat the earlier plea to remove the so-called ‘annual installments’ from the subsidy schemes for private purchase of EVs and to make the total budget for new and used cars available immediately. This means that more CO2 profit is achieved faster and uncertainty and hesitation on the part of buyers has been removed. The fact that some money is now being added for that subsidy does not detract from this plea.”
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