Toyota: ‘There arise spookdorpen by high excise duties’
Posted on 31-01-2014 at 8:04 by ricardo – 51 Comments”
The Toyota is completely finished with the gefaal in The Hague. By the increase of excise duty per 1 January, the sale of diesel fuel at certain service stations on the border since then with about one-third declined.
The Bovag calls now for quite some time. By the excise tax increase (3 cents for diesel fuel, 7 cents for LPG) for many border residents, even more attractive in Germany or Belgium to refuel, as they yet are to cheap to do some shopping. The treasury would thus 1 billion is to miss, and numerous petrol stations on the outskirts of the Netherlands in difficulty.
‘Hey politicians, even wake’
Chose Brugman, managing director of TOYOTA, calling local politicians, therefore, in border communities in order during the upcoming elections of the trigger is an important theme. Streekpolitici must turn away from their colleagues in The Hague, is the thrust of his argument:
“Both the excise as vat increases have far-reaching impact on the quality of life in border areas. The ever-rising price difference with Belgium and Germany for fuels, tobacco and alcohol, and drives more and more consumers to the other side of the border, so lots of entrepreneurs, the water now up to the lips. Employees are fired, in the best case, service stations converted to an unmanned pump (robotpomp? -red.) and also the rest of the detailhandelsaanbod up. In the long term, there true spookdorpen occur along the more than thousand kilometers of border.”
His call is not on deaf ears, because there seem to be several party members of the VVD and PvdA that speak against the tax increase. That can still have some fireworks cause may be.
Falling profits for grenspompen
Next week, BOVAG, NOVE and VNPI with figures about the impact of the trigger in January. Then we know what the consequences in the first month. In anticipation thereof the Securities already with a few examples, such as Peter Sallaerts, the owner of three petrol stations in South-East Brabant. In the first four weeks, he noted in his pump in Valkenswaard, the netherlands, two kilometres from the Belgian border, a decrease of 26% in benzineverkoop, 38% in diesel and up to 45% in lpg compared to the first four weeks of last year. Also are two stations within 15 km of the border a note of thick minuses. A manager of an Avia gas station in Enschede has already indicated to the summer stop.
Brugman continues his argument:
“The first can have all people should dismiss or even quits completely when dumped. How many hard-working entrepreneurs have to follow? Now beat even the banks to for can and calculate because of the increased risk-higher interest rates.”
Clearly. The Toyota is on the warpath. The ingedutte ANWB will follow. So we are very excited about their goal, the rollback of the excise tax increase, is going to work. Would The Hague for reason prone? No, we also think of not…
Fotocredit: Autojunk.nl