More than 2,000 freight companies, with about 15,000 trucks, will hold on Wednesday a slow march against the increase in fuel tax.
In national mourning, the haulier promise to toughen the tone of the protest, with a slow march across the country, making use of the approximately 15 000 freight trucks of member companies National Association of Road Goods Public Transport (ANTRAM).
at issue is the increase in tax on oil products (ISP) in six cents per liter of diesel and gasoline, in force since mid-February, that “undermines industry competitiveness and hence the survival of enterprises and the maintenance of jobs.”
After failed attempts at negotiation with the government for the return of worsening the companies through Secretary of State for Fiscal Affairs, to minimize the impact of rising ISP, ANTRAM has another meeting scheduled for March 30, with the Deputy Minister, Eduardo Cabrita.
in a statement, ANTRAM anticipates that the justification of the Government to the measure remains – compensate for falling oil prices on public accounts: “it turns out that this low is reflected in all countries and in Portugal the tax burden is higher, the Portuguese companies in this sector are bound to have production cost higher than other European competitors. “
following the meetings, the Government proposed an increase in the cost of fuel by 20% in Corporate Income Tax, which ANTRAM rejected on the grounds that” does not deliver the value that companies will have to bear with increased ISP “.
More than not suffer this increase, the associations want the price of fuel, which represents 35% of business costs the sector is equivalent to that practiced in Spain, which should occur by the ISP return, based on the actual fuel consumption.
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