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CDS-PP President Asuncion Cristas asked parties on Saturday to revoke the fuel tax surcharge, which will go to the final vote this week in the House, accusing the government of creating a false neutral tax.
"This week is the final vote and what we want is that this additional tax on petroleum products (ISP) be revoked.We are fighting in parliament and on the ground today, from north to south of the country, by contacting people and explaining to them how much fuel and taxes they put in, "said Assunção Cristas
. spoke at the end of an action that led to a gas pump in São Domingos de Rana, parish of Carcavelos, in the district of Lisbon.
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According to the centrist leader, people "are aware that they pay a lot of taxes", but "have no idea of the proportion" of it. The CDS-PP equipped with a mobile phone application showed that people who filled the depots with diesel or gasoline were the ones who paid the taxes, namely VAT and ISPs
"We know that we can not tax, but we can eliminate the surtax created in 2016 because it was a promise of the government that would constitute a tax neutral for the people's pocket," he said. He underlines.
Assunção Cristas also recalled that 2016 and the current ones and if someone now must provide a car with a 60-liter fuel tank at the end of a year, he will pay "nearly a thousand euros if we talk about diesel and 650 euros if it's gasoline ""
"The proposal we make is consistent with what was provided in the budget, we understand that it is possible from a legal and constitutional point of view. If some parties have doubts that they already approve January 1 and we will already have a measure that will naturally be taken into account when the government calculates for the state budget.
Among the simulations that the journalists were able to witness while the motorists filled their depots, we find that in 36 liters of diesel, which cost 50 euros, only the taxes are of 26,20 euros, distributed 16,92 euros in ISP and 9.28 in VAT. half of the bill that is paid is tax and if we can take the one that is in excess we can already save something, "said Asunción Cristas to one of the motorists, a young man who revealed that 1 / 3 of his salary is spent on fuel, recognizing that "it would be an aid to lower this tax."
In 2016, the socialist government introduced the so-called additional tax on gasoline and diesel, when oil prices, which in the meantime have risen, have reached a historically low level, notably the barrel of Brent.
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