Carbon tax increase today

NBar

https://www.thejournal.ie/budget-carbon-tax-4842117-Oct2019/

this should keep the greens happy and no mention in todays media, ie The Journal as the opening of a fast food joint is more important:D

colm_mcm

Didn’t it kick in on May 1st?

Maybe that’s why you’re not seeing any news.

NBar

colm_mcm wrote: »

Didn’t it kick in on May 1st?

Maybe that’s why you’re not seeing any news.

Nope today the 20th of May is the day they deferred it to

colm_mcm

Ah. Nobody will care about 2c a litre as the price at the pumps is unusually low at the moment.

Guy:Incognito

Hardly a motors issue is it? Its just the heating part that kicks in today.

The fuel one went on straight away after the budget.

"Announcing the measure in his Budget 2020 speech this afternoon, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said the tax hike will come into effect at midnight tonight for petrol and diesel.

For home-heating fuels, it will kick in from May 2020"

Either way, as said. Fuel is cheap at the minute. Im sipping away, buying it in tenners the last few weeks till I get back to work and back on the free diesel gravy train

mikeecho

That extra carbon tax was applied on heating oil on 1st May 20

The home heating oil comparison website (cheapest oil.ie) even mentioned it for the week running up to May 1st.

I was keeping an eye on oil prices and, for see an increase on May 1st.

So... Thanks for that heads up, but unfortunately you're 3 weeks too late.