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Key week for tax payments gets under wayMillions of taxpayers will have to dish out about 1.8 billion euros by the end of this week to cover the second installment of income tax and the first payment of the Single Property Tax (ENFIA) due by September 30.And if that were not enough, taxpayers are also facing a hike in the special consumption tax on heating oil from mid-October, an increase in road tax in December and a rise in the special consumption tax on gasoline and diesel from January.
Extra taxes of 1.55 bln euros planned for 2017The new taxes will entail more of a burden on households, many of which are already unable to meet their obligations owing to excessive taxation, thereby increasing their problems and the expired debts to the state.The increase in the special consumption tax on heating oil (which will apply from mid-October but will also have an impact on 2017 revenues), the higher special consumption rates on other forms of fuel (to apply from January), and the new taxes on coffee, fixed-line telephony and electronic cigarettes are expected to bring in at least 1.55 billion euros next year.As of today, the special consumption tax on diesel used by farmers will increase by 65 percent, or 13 cents per liter, from 0.20 euros/lt to 0.33 euros/lt. From January 1, the special consumption tax on gasoline will rise from 0.67 euros/lt to 0.70 euros/lt.Changes are also planned for road tax.
