Tax Minister Rasmus Stoklund (S) believes it is a bit of a waste that electric car owners with solar panels cannot get a refund for the electricity their cars are charged with. Now a solution is on the way.
Right now, electric car owners who also have solar panels on their houses cannot get a tax refund on the electricity they use to charge their electric cars.
But it is a system that is like a tax on income, says Tax Minister Rasmus Stoklund (S). So now he wants to have the system changed.
Specifically, the minister will ensure that people with both electric cars and solar cells can obtain a reduced electricity tax for the electricity used to charge their electric cars.
The Ministry of Taxation writes this in a press release .
– Electric cars and solar cells must of course go hand in hand, and Danes must benefit when they contribute to the green transition.
– That is why we have examined different models and been in dialogue with the industry so that we can solve the challenge that has arisen. That is why I now propose to work further with a solution in the form of a so-called bi-meter model, says Minister of Taxation Rasmus Stoklund.
According to the Ministry of Taxation, the scheme will make it possible to separately register electricity consumption for charging electric cars, independently of the household's other electricity consumption.
This differentiation must be made via Energinet's Datahub. This way, it can be ensured that drivers only receive a refund for the toll they have already paid.
The existing refund scheme has created a situation where charging operators for households with solar cells have in practice been unable to receive a refund of the electricity tax.
Several media outlets – including Boosted – have described how electric car owners are hit with additional bills of up to 7,000 kroner per year in pure taxes.
Until now, the Minister of Taxation has otherwise denied that there was a refund on the way to the Danes. In fact, he denied it as late as February 20 this year to Ekstra Bladet.
In any case, the money that Danish electric car owners have already paid in the 'unjustified' tax has already gone into the treasury. And that's where it will stay, according to the minister.
– It will have an effect going forward, and that will be what we get rid of. I find it difficult to see that it is realistic that you can also do it backwards in time, said Rasmus Stoklund about the plan.
