Government increases discount on fuel tax for diesel and petrol

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Government increases discount on fuel tax for diesel and petrol

The Government will apply a new discount to the tax on petroleum products (ISP) starting Monday, April 6th. According to the ordinance published in the Diário da República, the discounts resulting from the application of the temporary and extraordinary mechanism on the applicable ISP rate for road diesel and unleaded petrol in mainland Portugal are...

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The ISP (Imposto sobre Produtos Petrolíferos e Energéticos) is Portugal's excise tax on petroleum and energy products, charged as a fixed amount per liter on petrol, diesel, and other fuels. It is one of the main components of fuel prices at the pump, alongside VAT and the carbon tax (Taxa de Carbono).

The government can adjust ISP rates — temporarily or permanently — to influence fuel prices. Rate cuts are a common policy tool to ease cost-of-living pressures on drivers and transport businesses, though they also reduce government revenue.

For consumers, the ISP is significant because even small changes in the per-liter rate translate into noticeable differences at the pump, particularly for diesel users and commercial transport operators.

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