Fuels: Government Denies "Illegal Fee", but Part of ISP Returns to IP
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"It is 700 million euros more than we should charge people." André Ventura also said that Portugal continues to apply an illegal tax on fuels, that of road safety.
Arri's leader claims that the state is being criminalized by committing illegalities by withdrawing hundreds of millions of euros from taxpayers.
Vítor Costa analyzes the disappearance of the Contribution to the Road Sector and how this contribution was replaced by the ISP.
The Ministry of Finance rejected an "illegal fee" on fuels, considering that the Road Service Contribution (RSP) was abolished in 2022, as it was not "in conformity with European law". However, the fee was granted "through the provision of part of the revenue from the Tax on Petroleum and Energy Products (ISP)".
Supplying the car also continues to mean feeding the public safes. A significant part of the price paid for the fuels corresponds to taxes, and hundreds of millions of euros of this revenue are channelled to the maintenance and management of the national road network, reveals the Jornal de Notícias (JN). Only in 2025, the amount associated with the former Road Service Contribution (CSR) guaranteed 710 million euros to Infrastructures de Portugal…
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