Statement: ‘There should be a tax advantage for electric cars for longer’

Of course, the Dutch motorist is more than happy to drive something for which the government has devised a certain form of discount or other tax incentive. From a lower addition to a discount or even complete exemption from motor vehicle tax (MRB) or purchase tax (BPM). Step by step, the addition rate for electric cars is being increased and, in parallel, the maximum list price that an EV may have to claim the favorable addition rate is gradually being lowered. In 2021, for example, with an electric car up to €40,000 you were still eligible for 12 percent, but this year you add 16 percent over the first €35,000 of the new price.

The addition benefit for electric passenger cars is therefore being phased out. From 2026, the addition rate for electric cars will be the same at 22 percent as for cars with a combustion engine. Other tax benefits that apply to electric cars also do not last forever. For example, you do not pay bpm when purchasing an electric passenger car until at least 2024. In addition, electric cars are exempt from mrb (road tax) until 2024. 2025 will be a transition year, in which you will receive a 75 percent discount on road tax, but from 2026 EV owners will also have to pay the full rate.

In addition to the addition benefit and exemption from mrb and bpm, there is another tax incentive that the cabinet has created to get Dutch motorists to use the EV. In 2023, for example, another subsidy pot will be filled with millions of euros to boost the purchase of a new or used electric car. The SEPP subsidy pot has been filled with a larger amount this year, although a larger part of it than last year is intended to stimulate the purchase of a used EV. You can read more about this here. The subsidy measure will continue to exist after 2023, but only for one year. From 2024, the purchase subsidy on a new EV will be €2,550. Initially, €3,350 in 2023 and €2,950 in 2024 would be given in purchase subsidy on a new electric car. At the end of 2024, the incentive scheme will be finished, while a subsidy amount of €2,550 was originally planned for 2025. The purchase subsidy for used electric cars will remain at €2,000 until 2024. This incentive scheme will also stop with effect from 2025.

On the one hand, the government wants to get Dutch motorists to use the EV, on the other hand, the tax incentives to achieve this will be completely phased out within the next few years. Time for a voting round in which we posit the following statement:

‘There should be longer tax benefits for electric cars’

Can you find yourself in that? Why yes, or why not?

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.