The European Commission has introduced a car ownership tax (diesel or petrol engine with Euro 3 emission standard and lower) in most member states. From 2025, it is also to appear in Poland (our country is one of only three countries that have not introduced it yet). “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna” notes that in EU countries the annual tax on owning an electric car is usually zero or symbolic, “while in the case of combustion cars, the rates are around EUR 400. Owners of SUV models pay the most.” As part of the KPO, the European Commission is demanding the introduction of such a tax in Poland, which was agreed to by the PiS government, and the current government wants to renegotiate these conditions.
The European Union wants a car tax in Poland. The government opposes
Poland wants to remove the requirement to introduce a tax for owners of combustion cars from 2025. A few days ago, Deputy Minister of Funds and Regional Policy Jan Szyszko said in an interview with PAP Biznes that talks on this matter are ongoing. – We had talks with the deputy minister of climate, Krzysztof Bolesta. The talks concerned primarily the climate component of the National Reconstruction Plan and these were subsequent talks in which we devoted most of our time to the issue of the tax on combustion cars – quotes the politician.
– We have presented the unchanging, strong point of view of the Polish government that this tax is extremely unfair and if we start introducing green changes in Poland with a tax on the poorest, which in fact is this proposal, it will be the first and last green change we will introduce in Poland – added.
As the deputy minister emphasized, talks with the European Commission on this subject are not easy. – The EC is also assertive in many matters, it treats the KPO in the version in which it was accepted by the previous government as a signed contract with Poland and the Commission is not entirely interested in the fact that it was a different government than it is now – he explained. At the same time, he stated that the European Commission is becoming more and more favorable to Poland. – We are getting closer to a compromise, but I cannot say yet what this compromise might be. I’d say I’m moderately optimistic about this at the moment. I think that in the coming weeks we will have official information, but the talks with the EC are going well and understanding – he concluded.
Tax on a combustion car. What does the government propose in return?
As part of the revision of the KPO, the Polish government intends to introduce a new registration fee. Due to the fact that it is intended to reduce the emission of harmful substances, its amount will depend on the level of CO2 or NOx emissions. – The implementation of this reform assumes a change to the existing excise tax regulations, which means that no additional fee is planned to be introduced – emphasized Krzysztof Bolesta, Secretary of State at the Ministry of the Environment. The new fee would be higher for older vehicles that would be registered in Poland for the first time (1993-2005).
“With this change, we want to stop the inflow of very old and high-capacity vehicles that emit large amounts of pollutants. The fee will apply only when the vehicle is first registered in the country. This means that it will not be charged in the case of purchasing a car previously registered in Poland,” explained the ministry. quoted by .
Source: Gazeta
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