Surcharge for (electric) car: You pay this in 2024, 2025 and 2026

If you have a “company car” and drive more than 500 kilometers per year privately, you will have to pay additional taxes. For petrol cars it is 22 percent of the new value, although this percentage does not apply to every car. In this article we will take a closer look at the additional tax for (electric) cars.

In addition to the fact that electric cars have advantages due to the additional tax, this also applies to classic cars. For these beautiful used cars, for example, the percentage is 35 percent of the current sales value.

Additional charge for electric car

Plus, you pay much less in additional taxes on electric cars than you would on a new gasoline car. For an electric vehicle, the percentage for the first 30,000 euros is 16 percent of the list value. This applies until 2024. In 2025 this share will be 17 percent. From 2026, the same additional tax rate will apply to electric cars as to cars with combustion engines. At least if there are no new regulations.

However, this does not mean that everyone who owns an electric car will have to pay additional taxes in 2026. The percentage is always the same for 60 months. 2025 is the last year in which you can get a new electric car with a reduced additional tax rate. You can then drive it for another 5 years at 17 percent.

If the (electric) car costs more than 30,000 euros, the remaining amount (car costs less 30,000 euros) is subject to an additional tax of 22 percent.

In this way, additional tax is paid

If you are an employee, in addition to income tax, there is a tax that falls under “wages in kind”. So, for example, you pay 16 percent income tax.

Example electric car

Assuming you have a 30,000 euro electric car with 16 percent additional tax, then 4,800 euros per year will be added to your income. Income tax must therefore be paid on this.

If you are an entrepreneur, you have to add the 4,800 euros to your profit and then tax it.