The income from Austria from mineral oil tax (Möst) should fall by around 200 million euros in 2024.
Although this delivery, which is linked to gasoline and diesel consumption, has fallen before the Corona crisis since the maximum, the renovation costs for the Austrian road network, the Austria (VCö) have compared.
- In absolute quantities, the mineral oil volume in 2024 was 600 million euros lower than in 2019, prior to the Corona crisis. Moreover, inflation has lost the money earned by approximately 25 percent of the value in this period.
- At the same time, the costs for preserving the streets, bridges and tunnels have increased considerably, on the one hand because of the age of the infrastructure, on the other because of the increasing climate costs, for example as a result of extreme events such as floods or Muries.
At motorways and highways alone, the costs of 2023 were 77 percent higher by EUR 874 million than in 2019 with 494 million euros at that time.
No Möst -adjustment since 2011
The mineral oil tax, which is a fixed amount of each refueling, has not been adjusted since 2011. Since then, inflation has been added to around 50 percent. The mineral oil load on one liter of diesel has been 8.5 cents lower since 2011 with 39.7 cents than on gasoline. The Möst is not reserved for road construction or maintenance.
Source: Krone
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