Monday, January 25, 2016

Antram promises to fight against rising fuel taxes – Daily News – Funchal

The National Association of Road Goods Transport (Antram) ensures that companies will challenge the government’s intention to increase the tax on oil products (ISP) at four cents on diesel in 2016.

statement, Antram said that “is monitoring the enormous dissatisfaction of the companies in the sector so that, if confirmed the implementation of this measure, there will not be him no choice but to resort to other forms of struggle”, considering that increased price of diesel “is just another example” of abandonment to which the road freight transport has been voted.

According to the association representing road hauliers, the first signal was given by the fact that, “the first time in Portugal, not in the organic government or a ministry or a state Department of Transportation.”

On Friday, Finance Minister, Mario Centeno said that due to reduction in oil prices was a drop in tax revenue from the ISP associated with a reduction of five cents on gasoline and four cents on diesel fuel.

“This announced overload comes in addition to a set of tax increases that the industry has been suffering, especially since last year, with increasing Highway Contribution, carbon tax and increase in biofuels, “explains the association, adding that,” to materialize this measure within a year, the Portuguese State aggravated by almost 10 cents the price of diesel “.

The Antram argues that it is” wrong even more taxing mobility, which already registers taxation levels much higher than those in other countries the European Union “, considering that at least it is essential that” the Government fail to insist on the mistake of not differentiating the professional transport of private transport “.

On that note, remember that there is a set of planned measures in memoranda of understanding signed with the government in 2008 and 2011, which continue to be implemented.

Recently, the president of Antram estimated that the last three years have ended 3,000 freight companies in Portugal, reducing the number to about 8,000.

According to him in October Lusa the president of Antram, Gustavo Duarte, the sector’s companies disappearance is related to a sum of factors, including the difficulty for companies to get financing, high fuel prices and the amount of taxes they have to pay as well as the introduction of tolls on old roads No Cost to You (SCUT).

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