Country Profile: Germany

Tax to GDP ratio: 39.647

Financial Transactions Tax (FTT): No information available

Aviation: Yes – Tax in place

  • Domestic flights:
  • Airport tax: €10.80 for Class 1 airports (Paris Charles de Gaulle, Paris Orly, Paris Le Bourget)
  • Between € 3.50 and €9.50 for Class 2 airports (Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Toulouse, etc.)
  • Up to €14.00 for other airports
  • German air transport tax: €12.90
  • VAT on domestic aviation: 19%
  • International flights:
  • German air transport tax:
  • €12.90 for domestic and Europe and other short haul flights
  • €32.67 up to a distance of 6,000 kilometres
  • €58.82 for long-haul.
  • Beneficiary of aviation tax: Revenues accrue to the federabl government. No mention of earmarking of revenues.

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Carbon Price: Yes – Carbon pricing instrument in place

  • Instruments: National ETS, Regional ETS
  • % of emissions covered: 0.39, 0.38
  • Price: €45 (US$48.37), €57.03 (US$61.30)
  • Revenue: €10,740 million (US$11,680 million), €43,558 million (US$47,369 million)
  • Sectors covered: Electricity and heat, Industry, Mining and extractives, Transport, Aviation, Buildings, Agriculture, forestry and fishing fuel use, Waste, Electricity and heat, Industry, Mining and extractives, Aviation
  • Offsetting: Not permitted, Not permitted

 

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Oil & Gas Revenues:

  • Total government revenue from oil & gas in 2022: $0.8 billion
  • Share of oil & gas activity covered: 62.9%

Source: PBPR

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