FACUA calls on The Government to reduce taxes on household electricity bills

FACUA-Consumers in Action calls on The Government to listen to Brussels and the association and to reduce taxes on household electricity usage -special tax on electricity and VAT-, which currently exceed 27%.

In response to a series of questions from Junts MEP Toni Comín on the price of energy in Spain and whether the European Commission was against a tax reduction, the EU executive said that «the Spanish excise tax on household electricity usage is well above the EU minimum set by the energy taxation directive. As far as value added tax (VAT) is concerned, Spain can apply a reduced rate to electricity supplied to households«.

In this regard, FACUA recalls that the reduction of indirect taxes applicable to electricity usage in households is