In the court case that Stichting Autobelangen filed against the State, an important follow-up took place on December 10. The lawyer associated with Autobelangen filed five appeals with the courts. It is an important development in the MRB battle. This gives the five test processes an increasingly concrete form. If these are won, this has major consequences: the current old-timer scheme will then be reversed.
A victory in the battle means a bonus for all those involved who, from 1 January, pay MRB for their motor vehicle with an age between 26 and 40 years old. Reimbursement of paid MRB only applies when the owners of motor vehicles taxed per January 1 have signed the settlement agreement and sent it to the Tax Authorities. Wouter van Embden emphasizes that "it is important that the objectioners have received a confirmation of receipt from the tax authorities" and "that there is no need to lodge an objection again for 2015."
Good political contact
In the meantime, Stichting Autobelangen has a good reputation to uphold when it comes to conducting a political lobby. That this is once again successfully conducted is evident from the fact that, according to Van Embden, two leading parliamentary groups are open to an alternative arrangement that everyone could live with.
Lost court case Meerts
The old-timer lobby is still running at full speed. Car interests - and the entire old-timer supporters - were confronted with a setback because lawyer Clemens Meerts lost his legal case regarding the established MRB rules. His approach to legal proceedings was to show that the tax exemption decision for old-timer exemption was issued indefinitely. The West-Brabant / Zeeland court ruled differently and Meerts appealed. In the run-up to this lawsuit, Autobelangen has approached Meerts to join the Foundation. It was indicated that a possibly lost court case could also influence the legal interests of Car Interests - with the result that all old-timer owners could be disadvantaged as a result. Meerts decided differently, went on individually and lost the court case. Autobelangen then immediately passed the ruling on as a file to the law firm Stibbe, which also assists the Foundation in its fight against the State.
Wide approach Car interests
The question is whether the ruling makes it more difficult for Autobangen to take legal action, because the Foundation's approach is - without any substantive expression - different on a number of points. In any case, Autobelangen continues to conduct the legal battle very carefully to undo the MRB rules. And just as important: The relationship with politics already mentioned is of a respectable level. The good relationship with various political groups shows that the Car Interests Foundation has a multi-track policy. It has also led to the cooperation of the Tax Authorities in the trial processes and the paving of paths towards a possible alternative to the current scheme.
Slogan age has risen sharply on average
This week it became clear that today's MRB rules do not exactly serve the preservation of automobile heritage. Because that is also a starting point: VWE calculated that the average age of scrapped cars is now above the 18 year, because many taxed vehicles with an age between 26 and 40 years old have been dismantled after 1 January 2014. Last year the average age was 17,4. In combination with the rock-solid lobby, it is another starting point that still puts pressure on the preservation of the current regulation.
(Updated: 11 December 2014)
In addition to the case of Mr Meerts, there has also been a lawsuit before. This seems to be quite in line with part of the affairs of Stichting Autobelangen.
The objection was rejected in this case. Given the expected parallels, there is therefore little hope. Details, see http://www.oudevolvo.nl/2014/12/18/nog-een-rechtszaak-bezwaar-tegen-nieuwe-oldtimerregeling-afgewezen/
At the moment several cars are put back on petrol, which is annoying that if the car is not allowed to drive for 3 months, you sometimes have to do MOT, how do we deal with it.
Subsequently, this scheme does not provide the desired financial income.
So turning back, as now the vintage cars from relatively cleaner LPG go back to gasoline.
It seems very strong that real classics have been demolished because of the new rules. Parking or selling is much wiser. Demolishing is just gone, rien, nada. Scraped-off bins that were only purchased because of the mrb exemption have perhaps now been demolished.