Anti-crisis package: How to secure the federal government's energy relief package
Created: 04/28/2022, 14:10
By: Janine Napirca
*** Christian Lindner, Federal Minister of Finance, Lars Klingbeil, SPD party leader and Ricarda Lang, party leader of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen after the traffic light coalition's agreement on the energy relief package on March 24th, 2022 in Berlin.
© Jens Schicke/Imago
The traffic light coalition's energy relief package is intended to provide financial relief for consumers.
Because of the war in Ukraine,
heating costs in Germany have exploded
.
The
very high inflation
is also causing a lot of financial problems for consumers.
It's currently about saving: energy, but also when shopping in the supermarket.
The anti-crisis package
, which according to a report in the
Berliner Zeitung
now has to be approved by the Bundestag
, is intended to provide financial relief for citizens who will have to reckon with additional payments in 2023 .
Anti-crisis package: You can look forward to this financial help
Energy tax on fuels is to be reduced for three months - the price of
petrol
will fall by 30 cents per liter and
diesel
by 14 cents per liter
One-off
energy
fee of
300 euros
Discounted tickets for
public transport
Additional one-time payment for families of
100 euros per child
Further one-off payments for recipients of
social benefits
Source: Focus.de
How do I get the federal government's relief package?
Normally you have to fight your way through mountains of forms and collect a lot of evidence if you want to get money from the state.
With the
relief package
, which according to
Focus.de
should start on June
1, 2022
, things look different.
Basically, you don't need to do anything to benefit from the anti-crisis package.
Because according to the report, the gross energy allowance of 300 euros for employees will be
paid automatically together with their salary
.
Whereas, according to the report, the self-employed and freelancers should receive the energy allowance through a one-off reduction in the
income tax prepayment
.
We go back to the minimum of European energy taxation.
Christian Lindner, German Federal Minister of Finance
According to the Berliner Zeitung, however, pensioners get nothing, with all those who receive child benefit receiving an additional 100 euros per child from the family benefits office.
Just as recipients of social benefits receive a special payment of 100 euros, which, according to the report,
adds up to
200 euros with the special payment decided at the beginning of the year.
Recommendation:
Use apps such as Clever Tanken to compare fuel prices.
According to the report, the German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy
Robert Habeck
also appealed to the oil multinationals to
pass on the tax cut to the petrol pumps
.
In addition, from June to August there will be a nationwide monthly valid
9-euro ticket
for local public transport.
(jn)