New cars will soon be cheaper, the government wants to off of BPM

Posted on 23-05-2015 at 10:01 by Dizono – 109 Comments”

And not only the government… however, There is -as always – a catch.

Taxes on passenger cars and motorcycles, or BPM. It is a typical Dutch invention to the car buyer is still just a bit sharper to be able to charge. That this is in conflict with European regulations, as has the normally brave the Netherlands coat. Or rather, had. Secretary of state Eric Wiebes is, according to the AD whether the BPM can be completely abolished. That kind of sounds we caught have been on, including comments from the Bovag.

According to the newspaper Wiebes, above all, of BPM, because more and more young used cars to be imported, and the government therefore BPM should go wrong. We of course, know damn well what the real story is: the promotion of more fuel-efficient cars with lower BPM’s such a huge success, and that government is simply too little money. Revenues from BPM dropped in a few years, from 3.6 billion euros to 1.1 billion. That’s really not by that pair of Benzen and Bimmers of three years old and from Germany are to be achieved.

From one day to the other abolish of BPM, of course, can not, just like that is also not able to levy road tax on oldtimers. Oh wait… When you hit the BPM immediately would abolish, are new cars cheaper. This puts the prices of used cars were under significant pressure and that is mainly a risk for leasing companies. To prevent it with thousands of onverkoopbare cars continue to sit, will the BPM presumably in steps are reduced. To clarify, we probably like the Autobrief 2.0 is presented.

Now Wiebes not Crazy Henkie: Money that the government ‘goes wrong’ by the abolition of BPM, will be from somewhere else have to be extracted. And they do that not by tax relief on mortgage interest to reduce it, but by the money in a different way from the pockets of the motorist to cheat. Since the cabinet on the cabinet but fails to cars on a fair way to charge to use, will probably be the road tax (MRB) to go up. A bitter pill for any motorist and especially for the old timer riders who in the last few years are already so badly affected with the oldtimerregeling and all kinds of urban centers that they are no longer in may.

Photo of 589 euro BPM: terrence_lieveld on Autojunk.nl