What happens next with the tank discount and 9-euro ticket? The effect of both measures is controversial and limited in time. The Automobile Club of Germany (AvD) is calling for the tank discount to be extended. For some people it is a livelihood.
The AvD calls on the federal government to continue the tank discount beyond August for the time being. “Especially for many Germans who depend on the use of a car for their employment, the tank discount has proven to be a practical means of securing their livelihood. Going back to the old tax and duty rates would therefore send the wrong signal and would ignore people’s concerns and fears,” the auto club said in a statement.
For the state, which collects around half of the price per liter in Germany in the form of taxes, the whole thing is revenue-neutral: “It’s just a matter of the tax authorities forgoing part of the additional income that is realized as a result of the significant increase in fuel prices”. , so the AvD.
With value added tax, energy tax (formerly mineral oil tax), the CO2 tax, which has been retained despite the energy crisis, and the oil storage contribution, the German state collects around half of the liter prices incurred at filling stations.
For a liter of Super E10, drivers currently have to pay an average of 1.732 euros nationwide. From ADAC’s point of view, fuel prices are still far too high compared to the price of crude oil. The tank rebate, which reduced the energy tax together with the proportionate VAT on June 1 by 35 cents per liter for petrol and 17 cents for diesel, expires in four weeks. After that, the tax will be raised again to the usual extent – with the result that fuel prices are likely to cost more than two euros again. In autumn and winter, millions of Germans will be burdened both by rising fuel prices and by the announced gas levy, which Minister of Economics Habeck has guaranteed the energy companies. With the surcharge, the corporations are supposed to absorb the costs that arise from the fact that gas now has to be bought much more expensively in other countries as a result of the sanctions against Russia.
