Drivers in Serbia spend up to 20,000 dinars a month for fuel. One of the main culprits for such expensive fuel is the state levy, the so-called excise duty. Namely, the excise tax on diesel in our country is drastically higher than the EU average and only three countries have higher excise duties on this type of fuel than Serbia.
The perpetually expensive fuel in Serbia became even more expensive when, on October 1st, excise duty went up by 8%.
When it comes to the fuel price structure, it includes two types of government levies that drastically affect the retail price at petrol stations. In addition to VAT (20%), there is also an excise tax, which is also a type of tax. Therefore, drivers in Serbia pay double fuel tax.
While in Serbia the excise duty on diesel is 0.55 euros per litre, in Italy it is slightly above 0.6. The excise duty is similar in Belgium and France.
On the other hand, excise taxes are lower in Finland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Germany, Ireland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Portugal, Latvia, Greece, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Austria, Spain, Sweden, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovakia, Croatia, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Malta and Hungary.
With its excise duty on diesel, Serbia is well above the European average. Excise duties in Spain, Sweden, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovakia, Croatia, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Malta are between 0.3 and 0.4 euros per litre.
In the case of petrol, excise duty in Serbia stands at 0.53 euros per litre. Considering that the average excise duty in the EU is the same, 0.53 euros and that the lowest excise duty on petrol is 0.36 euros (Hungary), Serbia ranks somewhere in the middle. Drivers in The Netherlands pay the highest excise duty of 0.8 euros per litre of petrol.
(Nova.rs, 24.10.2023)
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