From 15 May 2025 a targeted revision of taxation on fuel comes into force: the excise duties on petrol are reduced, while those on diesel they are slightly raised. The decree, signed by the Ministry of the Environment and the MEF and published on the eve of the Official Gazette, translates into rules a logic as simple as it is now inevitable: those who pollute more, contribute more.
The favorable treatment reserved for years for diesel, a legacy of another political and economic season, now begins to lose ground. It is a first step in a multi -year path agreed with Brussels, which aims to recompose a tax imbalance that is difficult to defend.
Petrol excise downside from today: how much you save
With the new standard, The excise duty on petrol is reduced to 15 euros per 1000 liters every 1000 litersequivalent to 1.5 cents less per liter, while The excise duty on diesel increases the same entity (1.5 cents/l). In practical terms, the rates are redetermined as follows:
- Petrol – 713.40 euros for 1000 liters (before it was 728.40 €/1000 l);
- Car diesel – 632.40 euros for 1000 liters (before it was € 617.40/1000 l).
This variation immediately translates into a change in pump prices. Petrol sees a slight drop of about 1.5 cents per literwhich with VAT (22%) becomes about 1.8 cents less. Diesel Instead it undergoes a similar increase.
The average national price estimated in self-service mode is around 1.69 euros per liter for petrol and about 1.58 euros per liter for diesel after the entry into force of the provision.
The retouching translates into a variation that has just been perceptible compared to the price lists: on May 14, self -selffly petrol ranged to around 1.695 euros/l, while diesel remained stable about 1.58 euros/l. On paper, a 50 -liter full one allows those who guide petrol to keep in your pocket just under a euro. Those who make the full of diesel, pour as many. More than a saving, a tax tie with reversal of roles.
Diesel most expensive since May: increases and pump prices
The law provides for a Annual revision mechanism of the ratesand, modulated based on the price trend. The variations, between 1 and 1.5 cents per liter, are recalibrated year after year considering the average prices of the two more recent months than the average of the previous year.
This time the drop of about 3.8% recorded in the months close to the decree has paved the way to adaptation.
What changes for families, businesses and transporters
The impact of this tax remodeling will be different according to the subjects involved. Families and private motorists They will benefit from a small relief (the cost of a coffee in a peripheral bar) if they use petrol cars, thanks to the slight reduction in the price of fuel. For those who have diesel vehicles, the change involves a slightly higher cost: in absolute terms the difference is minimal (a few tens of more cents for a full one), but marks a trend of gradual elimination of the historical discount that the diesel was enjoyed.
For i professional transporters And the road transport companies, the theme is more delicate. Diesel is the main fuel for heavy vehicles, and an increase in excise duties could reflect on operating costs. In this case, the government has provided for protections for this sector: The increase in excise duty does not apply to the “commercial diesel” used by road hauliers entitled to reimbursements on excise duties. In practice, heavy freight transport companies will temporarily continue to enjoy the previous subsidized rate (or compensatory reimbursements), avoiding an immediate increase in costs for trucks.
For the others businesses which use corporate vehicles (car fleets or light vans) the effect will be similar to that of private individuals: a slight benefit if they have petrol vehicles and a small aggravation if they have many diesels in circulation.
The maneuver will produce a increase in revenue for the state (estimated in about +100 million the first year) which will be intended in full to Local public transport fundcontributing to the financing of the renewal of the contracts of the TPL operators.
The warning of the Assoutenti on excise duties
Solos Explain that it is necessary to intervene to reduce taxes on fuels which, underlines the association, cost 38 billion euros per year to the Italians:
Today VAT and excise drew 61.1% on each liter of petrol, 57.2% on diesel (…). On the subject of fuels, the government must operate for a reduction in the overall taxation that weighs on petrol and diesel and that brings the lists to the pump practiced in Italy to be among the most expensive in Europe.
The consumer association continues:
Today taxes (VAT and excise duties) weigh 61.1% on petrol and 57.2% on diesel. Only in 2023, the last available official data of the total expenditure of 70.9 billion euros for fuels, 38.1 billion ended up in the state coffers as VAT and excise duties.
A situation that affects the price lists on the petrol and diesel pump, among the highest in Europe. Our country would in fact be:
- 6th among EU countries with the most expensive diesel;
- 7th among EU countries with the most expensive petrol.
Net of taxes, however, would be:
- 17th for petrol;
- 22nd for diesel.
For this the president Gabriele Mellluster He believes urgently to open a reflection in Europe to get to a single taxation system, identical for all Member States,
To prevent Italy from losing competitiveness than countries where fuels cost significantly less and impact less on families, industries and businesses.
