Nearly 20 Percent: Report: Merz Wants to Lower Electricity Tax and Raise Commuter Allowance
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Merz Proposes Tax Cuts for Energy and CommutersChancellor Merz aims to reduce electricity tax and raise commuter allowance to 45 cents/km, with decisions expected this Sunday.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz supports increasing the commuter allowance from 38 to up to 45 cents per kilometer.
- The relief is expected to take effect next year through tax returns.
- Merz also favors lowering the electricity tax for all consumers, with a decision likely soon.
- The regulation limiting daily fuel price increases at gas stations will remain in place.
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- The proposed increase in the commuter allowance primarily aids higher-income individuals with long commutes while offering little help to low earners.
- Pensioners and other groups with mobility needs are excluded from this measure.
- Tax relief is delayed and often not immediately felt by many affected taxpayers.
- Direct payments to low and middle-income households would be more socially just and economically efficient than a blanket allowance increase.
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