The Saxon Farmers' Association (SLB) welcomes the temporary reduction in the energy tax on diesel and petrol announced by the federal government. This step is overdue and an important signal to relieve the burden on farms in a phase of persistently high input costs, said SLB President Torsten Krawczyk. "It is right that the federal government is focusing not only on consumers but also on the economy. Agricultural businesses in particular are now especially affected by high energy prices when tilling their fields."
At the same time, it was imperative that the specific effects on agricultural diesel be regulated quickly and clearly. For example, it must be clarified whether and in what form the temporary tax reduction will affect the refund regulations for agricultural diesel. "It must not be the case that agricultural businesses end up in a worse position because lower taxes are already incurred on purchases and refund claims are reduced as a result."
In two days of negotiations over the weekend, the CDU/CSU and SPD agreed on relief at the pumps. To this end, the energy tax on diesel and petrol is to be reduced by around 17 cents gross per liter for a limited period of two months. However, this would mean that the price per liter would remain well above the price level that applied before the start of the Iran war. At the previous peak shortly after Easter, a liter of diesel was a good 70 cents more expensive on a daily average across Germany than before the war began, while a liter of Super E10 was a good 41 cents more expensive, according to ADAC figures.
