Older diesels, soot tax and other current events
As of January 1, 2020, owners of older diesels pay an extra surcharge on top of the already robust MRB. You can read the conditions and a number of surprising backgrounds in this article.
Some time ago we informed you about the tax authorities' plans to tax "polluting" old diesel with an extra surcharge of 15%. A private diesel is considered polluting if it contains more than 5 mg of particulate matter...
The number of diesel cars with a date of first admission before 2001 has decreased sharply in our country. Currently, only 155.000 cars are registered in this category in the Netherlands. In Utrecht and Rotterdam the decline in old diesels has increased, partly due to…