Since its introduction, the super vignette has cost Italian motorists around 1.2 billion euros. Money that came out of the pockets of the community to enter those of the state, but which over time has produced alterations to the automotive market.
The data comes from Federcarrozzieri, the association of Italian body shops, which welcomes the hypothesis of an abolition of the superbollo.
“The tax was introduced with Legislative Decree no. 98 of 6 July 2011, and provides for a payment of 20 euros for each kW of car power exceeding 185 kW, with a decreasing weight over time. – explains Federcarrozzieri – The revenues overall for the state coffers in the 12 years of life of the Superbollo, amounted to approximately 1.2 billion euros, but the tax caused serious anomalies in the Italian car market: if initially there was a significant reduction in the new registrations of cars with power exceeding 185 kW, subsequently there was a proliferation of “false leasing”, i.e. cars with foreign registration plates supplied for hire to Italian customers, with consequent non-payment of car tax, super tax, and various taxes.
“Then there is another issue to be analysed, which makes the super stamp an entirely unfair and unbalanced tax – denounces the president of Federcarrozzieri, Davide Galli – In regions that do not already provide for total exemptions from stamp duty and super stamps for electric cars or hybrids, new-generation cars with hybrid engines, even though they far exceed 185 kW of power, are not required to pay the tax. In fact, the super tax applies only to internal combustion engines, and not to the electric part”.
Source: Ansa
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