The excise duty on gasoline will be higher again: you pay more for it

Excise duties on petrol, diesel and LPG will be increased again from July 1st, meaning you will have to pay more at the pump.

Last year, fuel prices skyrocketed after Russia decided to turn Ukraine into a battlefield. The war meant that at some gas stations more than 2.50 euros per liter had to be paid for 95 euros.

You will pay more for this due to the increase in excise duty on petrol

The government has intervened and reduced excise duties on petrol, diesel and LPG from April 1, 2022. This party has been over since July 1st of this year. The Dutch government is therefore not talking about an increase in consumption tax, but rather about a “gradual abolition of a reduction in consumption tax”.

Everyone who stands at the pump feels it in their wallet. The state now collects EUR 650.71 per thousand liters of petrol, from July 1 it will be EUR 789.10 per liter. This means that you pay almost 14 cents more per liter of petrol.

Calculating the average fuel prices in early March, the price of petrol would be 1.95 euros per liter of petrol. That’s howling when you drive one of the most inefficient used cars in the Netherlands.

You pay significantly more for diesel and LPG

The tax on diesel and LPG will also rise again. From July you will pay almost 10 cents per liter more for diesel. LPG will be about 6 cents more expensive per liter. That seems small, but 6 cents means an increase of 7.2% of the current LPG price.

That’s more than the 5.7% price increase for diesel. Gasoline drivers are hardest hit with a price increase of 7.7% (calculated with the prices at the time of writing). Or they were hit hardest last year, depending on how you look at it.

The state receives this amount per liter of petrol

However, more than these excise taxes go into the government’s pocket. Fuel prices consist of extracting, refining and transporting oil and gas to then produce gasoline, diesel and LPG, which also have to be transported again.

Added to this are excise duties and then there are also costs for gas stations. Think of rent, material costs and salaries. 21% VAT will then be charged on all of this.

Assuming you pay EUR 1.95 at the pump for a liter of petrol from this summer, then just under EUR 1.20 will go directly to the Dutch government.