Third highest in the European Union. Tax burden on electricity in Portugal is around 46%?
“Tax burden on electricity in Portugal is 46.5%. Only Denmark and Germany pay more tax. Don’t forget about the audiovisual fee, pimps“, in a publication published on Facebook highlighted months. “We go to eight only for the fat state that has, four months the same state goes to get even more for all”, it is added in the comments box.
According to data from Eurostat, Portugal registered, in the first half of 2021, the eighth most expensive electricity in the European Union, including taxes. Over the period as a whole, Portuguese consumers paid 20.8 cents per kWh of electricity, a figure lower than the Eurozone average. Germany, Denmark and Belgium register prices in the order of 32, 29 and 27 cents per kWh, respectively
On the other hand, countries like Hungary (10 cents per kWh), Bulgaria (10 cents per kWh) and Malta (12.7 cents per kWh) paid for the cheapest electricity in the European Union. All things considered, the price of electricity for consumers in Germany was more than three times higher than in Hungary and 45.6% higher than the average price in the European Union, which was 21.9 cents per kWh.
Taking into account the proportion of sales of taxes and fees in the general price of electricity for domestic consumers, it appears that it was in Denmark that the tax burden weighed the most (64.1% of the total price), followed by Germany (51%) and soon after Portugal (45.86%). Even so, and taking into account the publication’s data, this reference refers to the second half of 20, when the tax burden reached electricity even opponents can count on the election. 46.6%.
In the Netherlands notes Eurostat, it is offered, a reimbursement (or always) to consumers, which is why they registered tax denial values on electricity (-5.5%). “The Government is using this instrument to transfer the tax burden from families to non-families. The average of taxes and fees at the European Union level was 39.4%”, informs the European Union statistics.
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