Oil to its lowest since 2008 – BBC

STUDY OF CRAFTS OF MESTRE

Milan , December 23, 2015 – 11:03

     
     
 

Here we go again. The price of oil collapses and that of the fuel does not come down with the same speed and percentage. The price of crude oil – attacks the CGIA Mestre – is lower than the value recorded in December 2008 ($ 41 per barrel), but the distributor Refueling costs drivers Italians 30% more. If, in fact, seven years ago a liter of gasoline cost an average of EUR 1,115 per liter, these days the pump price touched 1,451 euro per liter (+ EUR 0.337). All the fault of taxes: the tax component on fuel grew by 32% compared to 2008.

Comparison

“If at the end of 2008, the weight VAT and excise duty on a liter of petrol touched 75 cents – explained Paolo Zabeo, coordinator of the Office of studies Cgia – currently amounts to 0.99 euro per liter. ” However, the increase did not affect only the VAT (increased from 20 to 22%) and excise duties, but also the industrial price. If towards the end of 2008 this item amounted to EUR 0.365 per liter, these days the price rose to 0.461 euro (+ 26.4%). Comparisons with other European countries regularly emerges as fuel we pay too much tax. If a liter of gasoline purchased in Italy our industrial price is equal to 0.461 euro, only 3% higher than the average of the countries of the euro, VAT and excise duties, however, will cost 0.99 EUR per liter, well above average 14.2 percentage points. “Among the countries that use the single currency – concludes Zabeo – only the Netherlands, with 70.3%, representing a percentage of the tax on the price at the pump higher than ours, which reached 68.2%. Compared to the countries bordering us, instead, we pay the petrol for 14.4% more than the French, 18.9% more than the Slovenes and even 30.7% more than the Austrians. ”

The application

The Cgia calls on the government to intervene and remove a number of heavy taxes which affect the cost of fuel that no longer have reason to exist: “A cut in the tax component – observes the secretary of Cgia Renato Mason – in addition to motorists would also benefit the small transporters, car hire companies, taxi drivers, truck drivers and commercial agents that ‘s exercise of its business is the fuel one of the main cost items. “

December 23, 2015 (modified December 23, 2015 | 11:37)

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