CO ₂ car tax: this is the pioneer rate in Spain, which will begin to be charged in November

After many comings and goings and news that we have been telling you in the last four years, finally the tax levied on _CO2 emissions from cars will begin to be charged next November. This new tax will serve to raise money that will go, directly, dedicated to the protection of the environment and the brake on climate change.

As we say, this new tax first reached the front pages of newspapers four years ago, when the Government of the Generalitat of Catalonia in 2017 included it in its budgets. Since then, this rate has been at an impasse from which it awakens now, after having faced an appeal of unconstitutionality by the Government of Mariano Rajoy and the latest postponements due to the pandemic.

This time, in the month of November, the new CO2 tax will go ahead. This new tax seeks to pursue the most polluting vehicles (cars, motorcycles and vans) with an annual and progressive payment in which the cars that expel more CO2 emissions into the atmosphere will pay the most. Unlike the registration tax (which is only paid at the time of purchase) this new rate, focused exclusively on pollution, will entail an annual outlay for drivers.

The money collected with this new tax will be entirely dedicated to the work of the Climate Change Office of the Generalitat, recently created. A collection that the Catalan Government calculates at 67 million euros, affecting this tax to 2.3 million vehicles, from which historical cars, ambulances, official cars and those used by people with reduced mobility are exempt.

CO2 TAX, HOW MUCH WILL BE PAID

This new _CO2 tax rate will be progressive and five tranches have been established. The driver will pay for the volume of emissions of each of them and, although below we leave you all the sections, in this article you will find a calculator with which you can estimate how much it will cost you to maintain your car annually. In it you will find two tables, one for cars and motorcycles, which will pay if they emit more than 120 gr / km of _CO2, and another for vans, which will pay if they emit more than 160 gr / km of _CO2. The sections, therefore, remain like this.

Cars and motorcycles:

• Less than 120 gr/km of _CO2: They are exempt from paying the fee.

• Between 120 and 140 gr/km of _CO2: They will pay 0.55 euros for each gr/km of _CO2. A car that emits 140 gr/km of _CO2 will pay 11 euros per year.

• Between 140 and 160 gr/km of _CO2: They will pay 0.65 euros for each gr/km of _CO2. A car that emits 160 gr/km of _CO2 will pay 24 euros per year

• Between 160 and 200 gr/km of _CO2: They will pay 0.80 euros for each gr/km of _CO2. A car that emits 200 gr/km of _CO2 will pay 56 euros per year

• More than 200 gr/km of _CO2: They will pay 1.1 euros for each gr/km of _CO2 that exceeds 200 gr/km of _CO2. That is, a car that emits 250 gr/km of _CO2 will pay 111 euros per year.

Vans:

• Less than 160 gr/km of _CO2: They will be exempt from paying the fee.

• More than 160 gr/km of _CO2: They will pay 0.3 euros for each gr/km of _CO2 that exceeds 160 gr/km of _CO2.

According to the Government of the Generalitat, this new tax will tax each car with an average annual payment of about 35 euros and, although they recognize that it is not money that encourages anyone to change vehicles, they hope that buyers of new cars take it into account and always opt for the least polluting option.

With this new tax, drivers in Catalonia will have to pay the registration tax at the time of purchase and, annually, disburse the road tax and this new rate. One more news that adds to those already commented in recent days and months related to the imposition of tolls on all high-capacity roads, the rise in the price of diesel or the possibility of a profound reform of registration and circulation taxes, included in the Recovery Plan that the Government has sent to Europe.

Source: Autopista.es