The Government now justifies that a tax cut does not guarantee a reduction in electricity and fuel prices

• Crisis The Government rejects the agreement with Feijóo in La Palma and refuses to lower taxes on energy

• Crisis The Government offers 500 million euros to discount diesel but carriers keep the pulse and stoppages

Pedro Sánchez announced last week that the Government he presides over was working on a tax reduction for fuels.

Both for professional carriers and private users.

And that this measure would be embodied in the National Plan that will be approved on March 29.

But now, from that same Government the discourse has been changed and the prosecutor is no longer the main channel in which they work.

Neither in gasoline and diesel nor to lower the electricity bill.

The reason: that

in prices.

This is explained by both the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economy.

Moreover, the first vice president herself, Nadia Calviño, maintains that a reduction "

existing problems" and that a reduction would be useless if it is later "absorbed by a rise in energy prices."

And in the department headed by María Jesús Montero they add that a downward review of the Hydrocarbons Tax or a reduction from 21% to 10% of the VAT rate -for which the approval of Brussels would be needed or ignoring European guidelines such as did Poland -

.

The added fear at this point is that gas stations or distributors keep part of the discount margin.

Therefore, in the Government they see with better eyes the application of bonuses as they have approved, for example, in France.

«

», summary from the Treasury.

"It doesn't help them at all"

In fact, something similar is what they offered to professional carriers to put an end to the strike that threatens to cause severe shortages.

"In the meeting with the carriers it was clear that

," Calviño defended in the Senate, and the Treasury explains that this is due to a double reason: because professional carriers they are already entitled to a refund in the Special Tax on Hydrocarbons;

since VAT can be deducted.

To the conveners, however, those 500 million in bonuses for professional diesel

and the lack of specificity of the Government threatens that the stoppages not only do not subside but that they are accentuated.

And, furthermore, among the carriers, the thesis that Calviño defends is not so clear either.

For example, the Independent Federation of Transporters of Andalusia, the Alliance for Sustainable Mobility and Rural Innovation, the Regional School Transport Association of Extremadura and the Provincial Transport Association of Malaga yesterday demanded the "

" reduction of taxes on vehicles. fuels and selective energy for transport companies and professionals.

In a statement collected by Europa Press, they also explained that lowering taxes on all users would have "

one", since "greater fuel consumption would be stimulated, generating new inflationary pressures", and "it would decrease" the collection fiscal, narrowing the financial margin of administrations to mitigate the impact of the crisis.

"Furthermore, it would be socially unfair: citizens without a car would indirectly subsidize private vehicle owners," they said.

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