Bullying an entrepreneur or justified change?
Entrepreneurs for whom it is necessary to cross the entire country in a van every day, undoubtedly scratched their heads when they heard the plans for the motorist that were included in the Prinsjesdag documents. As of 2025, the bpm exemption for new non-electric company cars will be over. It is therefore high time to make the following statement: ‘It is good that the bpm exemption on non-electric delivery vans is being abolished’.
Those who purchase a van for business now do not have to pay purchase tax (bpm) on it. This applies to both electric commercial vehicles and vans with a petrol or diesel engine. The bpm exemption for vans with a combustion engine will end in 2025, with the result that vans will become an average of €11,000 more expensive. With the abolition of the bpm exemption for non-electric company cars, the cabinet hopes to boost the sale of new electric vans with the aim of reducing the emission of harmful substances. We can well imagine that this intention will not get everyone’s hands together.
The sector organization RAI Association wrote shortly after the announcement of the plans and said that it believes that the cabinet has a unilateral focus on electrification of mobility. According to the RAI Association, electric vans are not yet a suitable alternative for many entrepreneurs, something that employers’ associations VNO-NCW and MKB-Nederland also endorse. A survey among about 1,000 entrepreneurs even showed that 48 percent of those questioned indicate that they will continue driving in their ‘old’ van for the time being and that 27 percent will soon be hunting abroad for a used van with a diesel engine. Only 9 percent say they are considering investing in an electric company car. 57 percent indicate that an electric company car does not fit into their business operations.
Time for a round of voting, in which we posit the following proposition:
‘It is good that the bpm exemption on non-electric vans is being abolished’.
Can you find yourself in that? Why or why not? Is it being made unnecessarily difficult for the entrepreneur again or do you believe that we should rightly adapt to plans with which the cabinet thinks it can spare the environment?
You can add explanations and arguments in the comments. And, as always, your opinion does not have to be someone else’s. We should all be on AutoWeek.nl because we have a thing for cars, so be kind to each other and try not to get too carried away.
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