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Sales tax or car tax increase, which payment is fairer?

2026-11-15 22:23:14Biznes SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Sales tax or car tax increase, which payment is fairer?

The government decided to remove the turnover tax on fuel and move it to the annual car tax. With the new proposed formula, every car will pay a double annual tax.

But does this government move produce more justice?

"For me, this initiative does not offer more fiscal equality. The turnover tax would have been fairer to remain on oil."

"Everyone pays for the fuel they consume and not for the car they have. With the new formula, the tax burden for each vehicle will double from next year," explained Drakuli Lumi, former technical director at DPSHTRR, on the e-Zone show.

In the new formula, what has changed is the doubling of the fixed tax on diesel and gasoline. Consequently, the annual tax also doubles.

"With this formula, the ones who benefit the most are those who drive the most. If you use your vehicle less, then you are penalized with an increase in the annual tax," said Lumi.

According to the former director, the logic of the proposed formula also applies to EU countries, which Albania is also obliged to implement with the same standard.

"The proposed formula has a purpose, to discourage the use of old cars. We will be forced to implement these standards, to discourage old vehicles on the market as they pollute the environment more."

"An agreement has been reached in EU countries that, solely for pollution reasons, vehicles certified as Euro 3 and Euro 4 will be removed from circulation," said Drakuli Lumi.

In parallel with the doubling of the annual tax, the government has imposed a fixed tax of 15 thousand lek for electric vehicles, but also an increase in the tax for luxury vehicles, from 21 to 40 thousand lek per year.


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