Oldtimers disappear en masse from the NL, these are the effects
Posted on 14-04-2015 at 19:48 by MauritsH – 101 Comments”
Who would have thought that to come? Oh, and all that.
For cars older than 25 years had, until recently, no vehicle tax to be paid. Until recently, because that boundary is stretched to 40 years. For petrol cars gold is a transitional arrangement so that owners of such cars older than 26 years of only € 150 to MRB per year having to pay.
Cars that run on diesel or LPG, these arrangements do not, as a result of which classics mass to be suspended or exported. Now for the big question: was the new regime, the desired positive effects for the environment and has helped stretch the age limit indeed to the cash of the state treasury? Secretary of state Wiebes himself gives the answer (.pdf)
On 1 July 2013 were 151,000 did car s use of the then applicable oldtimerregeling. After the sharpening of the requirements took the export, suspension and demolition of classics, dramatically, it comes to about 60,000 cars. At the same number of cars is the transitional arrangements apply, so these are classics on petrol. Owners of 19,000 cars pay the full mep to MRB and 5,000 cars are exempt or the owners pay the kwarttarief, so that their car in the winter months the road is not allowed.
Conclusion of Wiebes: the air quality is improved, since in many cases (in other words: the diesels and LPG) for cars that frequently were used.
The financial picture
As indicated earlier, had the measure of 137 million euro. Whether it succeeded? No, far from that. It is said about a yield of 55 million euro for the cars, which now do motor vehicle tax must be paid, but that’s still 82 million euros less than planned. No change so.
Wiebes seems what to be doing magic with numbers, by stating that the number of MRB-the subject of vehicles has increased in the period 2013-2015 of 7.5 million to 7.7 million units. It explains the secretary of state aware that the nation’s vehicle fleet, with an average of 20,000 copies per year is grown. The additional growth would result from the demolition/export/sale/suspension of old-timers, because their owners have a different car are going to use which also MRB must be paid.
The budgetary effect of this change is estimated to be between 25 million and 91 million euros. Well, well, it fits that missing amount of 82 million between. And see there, the initial budget was beating like a bus. That the final effect is, therefore, also 25, not 80+ million could be forgotten, for convenience, we even.
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