Bullying an entrepreneur or a justified change?
Entrepreneurs for whom it is necessary to cross the whole country with a van every day, undoubtedly scratched their heads when they heard the plans for the motorist in the Prinsjesdag pieces. As of 2025, the bpm exemption for new non-electric commercial vehicles will be over. It is therefore high time to make the following statement: ‘It is good that the BPM exemption on non-electric delivery vans is being abolished’.
Anyone who purchases a van for business now does not have to pay purchase tax (bpm) on it. This applies to both electric commercial vehicles and delivery vans with a petrol or diesel engine. The BPM exemption for vans with a combustion engine will be abolished with effect from 2025, with the result that vans will become on average about €11,000 more expensive. By abolishing the BPM exemption for non-electric commercial vehicles, the government hopes to boost the sale of new electric delivery vehicles with the aim of reducing the emission of harmful substances. We can well imagine that this intention will not get everyone’s hands on each other.
The RAI Association, the trade association, entered the pen shortly after the plans were announced and said it believes that the cabinet has a one-sided focus on electrification of mobility. According to the RAI Association, electric vans are not yet a suitable alternative for many entrepreneurs, something that the VNO-NCW and MKB-Nederland business associations also endorse. A survey among about 1,000 entrepreneurs even showed that 48 percent of the respondents indicated that they would continue to drive in their ‘old’ delivery vehicle for the time being and that 27 percent will soon go on a hunt abroad for a used delivery van with a diesel engine. Only 9 percent say they are considering investing in an electric commercial vehicle. 57 percent indicate that an electric company car does not fit in with business operations.
Time for a voting round, in which we posit the following statement:
‘It is good that the BPM exemption on non-electric delivery vans is being abolished’.
Can you find yourself in that? Why yes, or why not? Is it making it unnecessarily difficult for the entrepreneur again or do you believe that we should rightly adapt to plans with which the cabinet believes that the environment can be spared?
You can leave explanations and arguments in the comments. And, as always, your opinion does not have to be someone else’s. We should all be on AutoWeek.nl because we have a thing for cars, so be kind to each other and try not to let yourself be drawn out too much.
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