Tank discount from the 2022 relief package is coming: the Bundestag votes for the application
Created: 05/19/2022, 23:02
By: Felix Busjaeger
The tank discount from the 2022 relief package is to be available from June 1st.
The Bundestag has now decided that.
Now the application has to go through the Bundesrat.
Berlin – The effects of Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine hit the German population hard in a short time: while the Russian army invaded Ukraine, consumer prices in Germany rose enormously and inflation climbed to a record high.
The federal government of Olaf Scholz (SPD) reacted at the time and launched the idea of the 2022 relief package.
The Bundestag has now passed the draft law on the 2022 relief package.
The tank discount from June 1st for diesel and petrol can come - if it is approved by the Federal Council.
Tank discount: Relief package 2022 brings cheaper prices for petrol and diesel - Bundestag gives the green light
Since the war in Ukraine has been raging, petrol and diesel prices have been well above the 2 euro mark.
The fact that the tank discount from the 2022 relief package will now bring the hoped-for decline on the price boards is very likely the hope of many drivers in Germany.
Although experts have been warning for weeks that the next fuel stop should not be delayed until June 1st due to imminent bottlenecks at the petrol pumps, it is to be expected that the rush to the petrol stations will increase significantly with the introduction of the fuel discount.
Gasoline and diesel are becoming cheaper: the Bundestag voted in favor of the tank discount in the 2022 relief package. © Carsten Koall/Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa/Montage
As Duraid El Obeid, chairman of the Association of Free Gas Stations, recently told
Wirtschaftswoche
, he expects a historic rush to gas stations.
But the tank discount for petrol and diesel is not the only measure that the traffic light coalition has in its quiver.
Because of the energy crisis triggered by the Ukraine war, the federal government, made up of the SPD, Greens and FDP, has proposed a catalog of various measures.
The 2022 relief package should also include a child bonus, a subsidy for Hartz IV, a 9-euro ticket for traveling across the country and an energy flat-rate of 300 euros.
In some cases, the 9-euro ticket can be purchased before June 1st.
Tank discount: From when – petrol and diesel should be cheaper from June 1st
The fuel discount from June 1st is still considered a central component of the planned relief and, in principle, all citizens who have a vehicle will benefit.
According to information from the Federal Ministry of Finance, a tax compensation is to be created by reducing the energy tax to counteract the high petrol prices.
For motorists, the effect should be clearly noticeable at the gas station: the tax rate for petrol should drop by 29.55 cents per liter, for diesel it should be 14.04 cents.
Depending on the type of fuel, a few euros are saved with every tank filling.
Fuel prices at filling stations had recently recovered somewhat and were approaching the 2-euro mark, but thanks to the tank discount from the 2022 relief package, prices should be below the mark again for a few months.
Good prospects for commuters.
But people who do not have their own car will also benefit greatly from the federal government’s 2022 relief package: From June 1st, the 9-euro ticket will also start on Deutsche Bahn, which is valid for local public transport.
For three months, rail customers can then use the 9-euro monthly ticket to travel all over Germany on regional trains and buy the 9-euro ticket from Deutsche Bahn from May 23.
