A Llzu sharp compounds of lobbyists are often exposed. Also with electricity tax. If – as it was, the electricity supplier describes the decision of the coalition committee not to reduce electricity tax as a “slap in the face for all government customers”, then the debate has long left each actual level. What are we talking about? About 0.6 percent of tax revenues in Germany – this makes electricity tax above all the symbol. It is unlikely that he is related to the economic position of private households, in the end, this is only two cents per kilowatt.
The household, which is engaged in electricity somewhat economically, therefore pays a maximum of five euros per month of electricity tax, which is a marginal item compared to other taxes. It is strange that the debate is still heated. Or would it be possible that the whole country is passionate about innovations in the income tax, which includes only a single amount of euro per month? It is hardly.
Various actors accelerated electricity tax. On the one hand, they come from politics. Since every citizen is electricity, you can hope for voices that extend lower electricity prices. Since at the same time the frightening number of customers that customers do not even know how many kilowatts -hours they consume per year, it is easy to create the impression that we are talking about real relief – and political defenders can boast of philanthropists. Pure populism.
Household, contributing to electricity, pays a maximum of five euros per month tax on electricity
In addition, there are lobbying interests of the economy as debate factors. In front are electricity suppliers who would like to discard even more of their energy – which, of course, facilitates them if the electricity becomes cheaper. Even if not all companies immediately leave the final rhetorical club from their PR Arsenal, that is, the “slap in the face” quoted in other places in the electric power industry “Herber disappointment” that the federal government cannot agree on a lower tax.
In addition to electricity suppliers, these industries, of course, also enter the debate, business -model, business, model, electricity price. For example, the industry is the heat of the pump. She is always a drum for cheap electricity, in which you cannot blame for this. But this is nothing more than interest to lobby. She just wants to sell her devices.
Thus, the debate about the possible reduction in electricity tax reached terrifying simplicity. This is only a leader, so in the sense of “Electricity tax yes or no?” But the real world is more complex. Let us recall: the electricity tax was introduced in 1999 to stabilize the contributions for pension insurance with money to facilitate the working factor. At that time, the approach was right – and he was still today. Unfortunately, this aspect is suitable in the current electricity tax.
