The tax reduction on fuel was the same in all federal states – the effect at the gas station was by no means. In Baden-Württemberg it was lower than in almost all other federal states, as an evaluation by the Institute of German Economy shows.
Stuttgart/Cologne (dpa/lsw) – The reduction in taxes on fuel has caused fuel prices in Baden-Württemberg to fall less than in almost all other federal states. In an evaluation by the Institute of the German Economy (IW) in Cologne, the lowest declines in daily average prices from Tuesday to Thursday are found for the south-west for both premium E10 petrol and diesel.
Specifically, the IW for Baden-Württemberg determined a minus of 23.1 cents for E10 and 8.0 cents for diesel. Only in Saarland did the reduction have an even smaller effect. The average daily price for E10 fell the most in Saxony, at 28.8 cents per liter. It is followed by Bremen with 28.5 cents, Thuringia with 28.2 and Brandenburg with 28.0. The calculated tax rebate for petrol is 35.2 cents per liter.
In the case of diesel, the biggest minus was 12.0 cents in Bremen, followed by Schleswig-Holstein with 11.4 and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with 10.3. The tax benefit for diesel is 16.7 cents.
Because of the high fuel prices, the federal government had reduced the tax on fuel at the beginning of the month on Wednesday until the end of August. The energy tax does not only apply when filling up, but in refineries and tank farms. Petrol stations may therefore still have stocks for which a higher tax was due. However, the mineral oil companies are not obliged to pass on the tax reduction to their customers.
Where the differences between the countries come from is not clear, said IW expert Thomas Puls. “But it looks like it plays a role from which refinery the gas stations are supplied.” There are also big differences between the individual gas stations. Overall, the subsidence in the north is more pronounced than in the south.
