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Also on Monday, the planned increase in the standard consumption tax (NoVA) in the course of greening the tax system received criticism from affected industries. The NoVA surge in July 2021 will mean older cars will be driven longer rather than being replaced with newer and more environmentally friendly ones, the vehicle trade said. As a result, significant CO2 savings potential remains unused, Federal Committee Chairman Klaus Edelsbrunner said in a broadcast.
NoVA’s expansion into the small transport industry was “another serious blow to the freight industry,” said the president of the responsible professional association, Günther Reder. At the national level, almost 6,200 small carriers are affected by the expected price increase. Vehicles powered by electricity or hydrogen will be excluded from NoVA in the future, but these technologies “are not yet economically viable in the commercial vehicle sector.”
