Hardly any environmental benefits by increasing car taxes

Posted on 27-03-2014 at 8:41 am by sir_smokalot – 32 Comments”

From 2015 to screw the cabinet to the car taxes further up, and this year is a planned reduction of the MRB reversed. All for the environment of course. But guess what: on the environment this tax hardly any effect. You don’t say!

If there is somewhere on the world, a country where the motorist is a slave of the milieulobby and at the same time, a productive dairy cow of the government, then the Netherlands. And just as a child with a new teacher, it is examined how far the driver can go.

In the budget deal are various ‘greening’ is recorded, on an annual basis should lead to additional tax revenues of € 450 million. These include an increase of the aanschafbelasting, but because it is only fuel-efficient car models will find the purchase of less fuel-efficient models more attractive and the fleet, so on average slightly less economical. And that while we are just as well busy….

Ergo, there is more money in the coffers (because ‘a better environment starts with the further squeeze of the motorist’) but the intended effect is completely missed. Not our words, but those of the Planning bureau for the living Environment (PBL), that the effects of the higher charges at the request of Melanie Schultz’ ministry of infrastructure and the environment examined (full paper (pdf) HERE).

A funny story: I spoke last weekend to a Texaan about us autoklimaat, and left it at that you here to 150,000 USD for a Camaro pay. The man fell almost from his chair.

Photo: Outlander PHEV-tikkels, autojunk.nl