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Gasoline: The Mayor "more favorable" to a fuel check than a reduction in taxes

2021-10-18T07:57:59.912Z


A general reduction in taxation on refueling "is not the right option, first of all because it is very expensive," noted the Minister of the Economy.


The government is specifying its avenues to support households in the face of rising fuel prices, and a general reduction in taxes does not seem to hold the line.

Asked this Monday on Europe 1, the Minister of the Economy said he was "

more favorable

" to the creation of a fuel check, rather than a reduction in taxation.

To read also Gasoline: the track of the fuel check

On a liter of diesel costing 1.55 euros, VAT and TICPE weigh 60% of the price, or almost 90 cents, detailed Bruno Le Maire.

But a reduction in these taxes "

is not the right option, first of all because it is very expensive

": a reduction of one cent costs the State 500 million euros.

In addition, the generalized decrease is, paradoxically, “

unfair

”, because it gives the same compensation to the person with a “

large motorized 4x4

” and “

the nurse who takes his Clio

” to visit his patients.

The boss of Bercy also ruled that a drop would be equivalent to a "

subsidy to fossil fuels

": it is therefore "

not reasonable, economically and environmentally unwise.

".

If this option is validated, a fuel check should arrive "

as quickly as possible to the French

" who need it, underlined Bruno Le Maire, specifying however that the work to define the framework of the aid was not yet finished. . The minister also vehemently denied the accusation that the executive "

is making money on the backs of the French

" thanks to fuel taxes. "

In 2022, if prices remain at the [indicated] level, we could receive 2.5 billion euros in additional VAT

." However, the additional energy check, announced recently, will cost "

600 million

" to the State, and the price cap for electricity and gas will weigh "

5 billion euros.

".

The State does not "

earn money in times of energy crisis

", concluded the minister: it loses some.

A schedule to be specified

Earlier this Monday, several members of the government had also specified that the track of a fuel check was privileged at this stage.

Invited on Cnews, the Deputy Minister in charge of Transport, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, specified that the executive intended to target as a priority "

the most fragile households and the largest consumers of fuel

".

He too has ruled out blocking taxes, because that would then be "

depriving oneself of fiscal resources to finance public services

".

On France 2, Barbara Pompili also declared that "

the track is more the fuel check, in what form I do not know yet, because we are trying to find a way to reach the right people

". The aid should reach as a priority "

people obliged to refuel

", but this measure will be difficult to put in place: "

We do not have today, as we have for the energy check, a base of data from all those who may need it,

”noted the Minister responsible for the Ecological Transition. The announcements could be made "as

soon as possible,

" perhaps this week, she noted.

In the wake of inflation affecting gas and electricity bills, forcing the government to react, the price of fuel has again become, in recent weeks, a hot political issue.

Ten days ago, the average selling price of a liter of SP98 and SP95 was over 1.6 euros, and a liter of diesel cost 1.54 euros.

Sums higher than the levels observed in November 2018, at the time of the “

yellow vests

” crisis

.

The executive is watching this matter closely, promising to act quickly with short-term measures.

Source: lefigaro

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