Gas taxes generate only about $50 billion of revenue, when car infrastructure spending is in the hundreds of billions per year. At this point I pay more in regular taxes than someone who drives regularly pays in gas tax. Plus the gas tax is out of the picture when we consider EVs – which still have a majority of problems gas vehicles do, and cost individuals who don’t drive a ton of money still, minus the constant pollution.
The € 0.867 is standard Consumer tax per liter on gasoline.
This is only the tax on gas, let’s not talk about the tax you pay for your vehicle every month. I don’t like it, but it beats being eternally in debt for breaking your finger. Or destroying my car in a pothole.
Average gas tax in the U.S. is 52 cents per gallon. Average consumption is 370 million gallons a day. That’s not an insignificant amount of money.
Sure, it seems like a lot, but here’s a quick read to explain why it’s not:
https://frontiergroup.org/resources/who-pays-roads/
Gas taxes generate only about $50 billion of revenue, when car infrastructure spending is in the hundreds of billions per year. At this point I pay more in regular taxes than someone who drives regularly pays in gas tax. Plus the gas tax is out of the picture when we consider EVs – which still have a majority of problems gas vehicles do, and cost individuals who don’t drive a ton of money still, minus the constant pollution.
In the Netherlands about 9% of the total price is actually profit.
If the price for gas is €0.80 per liter, we pay €2.017 per liter. There’s this calculation with it:
€ 0.8 + € 0.867 = € 1.667 without tax € 1.667 x 21% = € 0.350 tax € 1.667 + € 0.350 = € 2,017
The € 0.867 is standard Consumer tax per liter on gasoline.
This is only the tax on gas, let’s not talk about the tax you pay for your vehicle every month. I don’t like it, but it beats being eternally in debt for breaking your finger. Or destroying my car in a pothole.