Government gets almost 20 billion euros to road users

Posted on 20-09-2013 at 12:18 by robbie – 49 Comments”

Motorists often feel the cash-cow of the government and thanks to new figures from BOVAG and RAI Vereniging, we finally understand the amount of money that road users annually pay. Last year was namely, to 19.7 billion euros, while the expenditure of the Empire for travel facilities only 5.2 billion euros. And that includes work on the track.

Some 17.6 billion euro to the Dutch Government retrieved on excise duty on fuel, insurance tax on motor insurance, road tax (MRB), traffic fines and VAT on fuel, repair, maintenance and verkeersopleidingen. Revenue from the tax addition for the car of the case, there would not even.

Provinces took last year, almost 1.5 billion euros to opcenten in the vehicle tax and the municipalities knew of more than 600 million euros to rake in parking fees.

In the Netherlands we have more than 9.2 million registered passenger and commercial vehicles and if you don 19.7 billion euros spread than you come out to an average contribution of 2.141 euro per vehicle per year.

The figures show also that the price of a gallon of gasoline in the period 2002 to 2012 with 54%. Still strong, but fortunately we drive today, all in tasty, economical muesliauto.

Lease cars
Lease contracts provide the Dutch State around 2.2 billion euros on an annual basis. That equates to an average of more than 12,000 euros per lease. The four most important items are:

1. Taxes on passenger cars and motorcycles (BPM): € 900.000.000
2. Excise tax: € 800.000.000
3. The road tax (MRB): € 450.000.000
4. WA premium: € 40.000.000