Tax on combustion cars in exchange for money from KPO

• In order to receive money from KPO, the government of Mateusz Morawiecki agreed to introduce a number of changes in the law

• 1 of them is to introduce a registration fee on the combustion car and then introduce an yearly taxation on this vehicle.

• The amount of danin introduced is to be dependent on the degree of exhaust emissions

New tributes

On 1 June 2022 after erstwhile negotiations with the government of Mateusz Morawiecki, the Council of the European Union issued an implementing decision 2022/0181(NLE) on the approval of the assessment of the recovery plan and the strengthening of Poland's resilience. As a consequence of this decision, the Republic of Poland was required to make a number of changes to the law, in peculiar the introduction of a registration fee on the holding of emission-related vehicles in accordance with the "polluter pays" rule by the end of the 4th fourth of 2024, as well as an yearly taxation on the holding of emission-related vehicles in accordance with the "polluter pays" rule by the end of the second 4th of 2026.

The introduction of these dans is intended to encourage the choice of clean vehicles. Both the first and the second public tribute are to be based on carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions. The gross is intended to "reduce the negative external effects of transport and make low-carbon public transport in both urban and agrarian areas".

Back to the Past

To date, no legal instrument has been adopted to implement or implement the above taxes. Interestingly, the government of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz tried to introduce a car taxation which was akin to the registration fee on the possession of combustion vehicles, project However, this was withdrawn during the legislative work. The proposed taxation dimension was then based on the cylinder capacity of engines and EURO standards, the basic taxation rate was then PLN 500. The amount of taxation was calculated on the basis of the expression presented:

S = cc² * euro * rate

S – amount of taxation expressed in Polish zlotys,

cc — the cylinder capacity of the engine expressed in litres, up to 1 decimal place, rounded down for values below 5 and up for values equal to or greater than 5,

euro – value of the EURO standard,

rate – the basic rate of the tax, i.e. 500 PLN.

Each EURO standard had a circumstantial value: no or no EURO norm – value 12, EURO 1 – 8, EURO 2 – 4, EURO 3 – 2, EURO 4 – 1, EURO 5 and above – 0.9.

For example, the owner of a car with a capacity of 1.6 liters at EURO 4 standard (this standard has cars manufactured between 2006 and 2009) would gotta pay PLN 1280. On the another hand, the owner of the vehicle with the same cylinder capacity but already with EURO 2 standard (1996-2000) already 5 120 PLN. It should be stressed that this task comes from 2006 that the value of the current gold represents about 55 % of that time, so the rate may change, it is highly likely that the legislator would benefit from the solutions contained in this project.

Poles drive the oldest cars in the European Union

According to the data of the European Statistical Office, there were 687 cars per 1000 Poles, which resulted in Poles leading the ranking on the number of cars owned. Behind them is Luxembourg – 681 cars per 1000 people and Italy – 675. However, Poles besides drive the oldest cars in the European Union, 41.3% of cars are already at least 20 years old, 37.1% are cars with between 10 and 20 years old and 5% are little than 2 years old.

Not only the Republic of Poland has been obliged to introduce specified public tributes. another countries have already introduced them, but have decided to make any exceptions. And so Hungary decided to bear the burden of the taxation alternatively of the owners of the oldest cars who could not afford to bear it. The Czech Republic, on the another hand, only taxed business cars to relieve private owners of the burden. Bulgaria, on the another hand, charges a taxation on the basis of engine power, where for each kW it is essential to pay between EUR 0,60 and EUR 3,22.

Who will feel the most the weight of fresh danes?

The final form of the regulation of fresh dans is unknown. It should be noted that according to the guidelines in milestones, their size is to be based on the emissions of carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which are emitted in larger quantities by older cars, while these are usually in the possession of little prosperous people. The situation may lead to the resignation of cars primarily through lower layers. It is worth noting that, in principle, provincial residents are little prosperous than urban residents, but the erstwhile request a car more frequently than the second due to little developed collective communication, as well as greater distances travelled on their way to work and beyond. The introduced tributes can be another impulse to velocity up the depopulation of villages and smaller cities, and can besides deepen social fragmentation by expanding the cost of living.

These taxes are intended to encourage the usage of electrical cars, which are presently much more costly than combustion cars and frequently have worse parameters than them (in peculiar range). If they are felt adequate for the users of combustion cars that they will gotta halt utilizing their vehicles, it is far doubtful that they will be able to buy electrical cars in their place. Of course, there is simply a anticipation to rent a car, but mostly in larger cities and with any restrictions. The situation mentioned above may have a negative impact on the Polish economy (because it will reduce the transport of people and goods), lead to the depopulation of villages and smaller cities, and besides lead to greater social fragmentation. In addition, another unpredictable effects may be triggered.

Kamil Smulski – elder analyst of the Ordo Iuris Institute

== sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man