Green Car Congress
MAY 4, 2020
New data shows that motor vehicles generate more than €440 billion in taxation per year for national governments in the major EU markets plus the UK, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reports. This just goes to show the sheer scale of the importance of the automobile industry to Europe.
The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
What I assumed would be a quick chat quickly devolved into my being educated on British tax codes, especially the benefit-in-kind (BIK) taxes applied to any items of value provided to employees. For corporate automobiles that also see private use, benefit-in-kind taxes are calculated as a perk on top of the base salary.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 7, 2009
The number of EU countries with CO2-related car taxation rose to 15 in 2008. ACEA provides an overview of the CO 2 -based vehicle taxes here. The annual Tax Guide gives an overview of motor vehicle taxation in the twenty-seven Member States of the European Union, the countries of the European Free Trade Association as well as Turkey.
Green Cars News
APRIL 21, 2010
At present, seventeen EU member states levy CO2-related taxes on passenger cars, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has revealed. Plus fifteen governments in the EU provide tax incentives for electrically chargeable vehicles. In 2009, motor vehicle taxes in the EU 15 amounted to €377 billion or 3.4
Green Car Congress
MARCH 24, 2009
cap and trade or a carbon tax) is a likely key part of a US strategy to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, such a market-based approach alone will not induce the investments in long-lived technology required to achieve a 50 to 80% reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide by mid-century.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 18, 2010
A new report from Frost & Sullivan, Implementation Roadmap of CO 2 Tax Banding in European Countries and Impact Analysis on Powertrain and Green Technology Adoption , finds that about 80% of the European vehicle sales is expected to be in the less than 150 g/km CO 2 emission band by 2015. Hariher Balasubramanian.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
The index is built from the four key policies needed to improve fuel economy: fuel tax, CO 2 -based vehicle tax, fuel economy standards and labeling. Important complementary policies include fuel economy labeling, fuel economy or CO2-adjusted vehicle tax systems (such as “feebates”), and fuel taxes.
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