An image is circulating on social networks in which it can be read that the fiscal pressure on fuels in Portugal is 60%.
EITHER mail It is dated July 9. The weekly report of the Energy Services Regulatory Authority (ERSE), for the period to which the publication refers, presents a different reality. The report for the week of July 4 to 10 shows that, for simple gasoline, the tax burden was 40% and for simple diesel, 35%.
Even more recent, the ERSE report for the first week of August confirms the trend. The tax burden on the price of common gasoline is 42%. In diesel it is 36%.
Quarterly data also corroborate these data. The ERSE quarterly report for the second quarter shows that the average fiscal pressure on gasoline was 44% and on diesel 38%.
In the second quarter of the year, the average price of straight gasoline in Portugal was €2,024, of which €0.891 corresponded to taxes. The tax burden thus corresponds to 44% of the average sale price, within the European Union average.
In simple diesel, the percentage of taxes drops to 38.2%, also in line with the European average (38.8%). A liter of diesel costs an average of €1,901, of which €0,726 correspond to taxes.
Thus, on average, the fiscal pressure on fuels in recent months in Portugal is around 40%. But it was not always like this.
The tax burden was once 60%
Indeed, the fiscal pressure on fuels is already around this percentage in Portugal. In the second quarter of last year, the ERSE quarterly report showed that the tax burden on simple gasoline was precisely 60%. That of diesel was 56%. In both cases, it was above the European average.
However, since the beginning of May this year, the government has decided to reduce the Tax on Petroleum Products in the same proportion as the VAT reduction from 23% to 13%. The measure was announced in early April and came into force in May. This decrease had an impact on the tax burden felt when paying for a liter of fuel.
conclusion
It is not true that the fiscal pressure on fuels at this time is 60%. Official data shows that, for both gasoline and diesel, the weight of taxes about 40%.
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