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In Germany, there is no direct link of a tax and where that income is being used to - it all goes into a big tax pot, and everything is being paid out of that.
by DocTomoe 5y ago
In Germany, there is no direct link of a tax and where that income is being used to - it all goes into a big tax pot, and everything is being paid out of that. What you mean is a "Gebühr" (roughly translated to "a fee"), which can be linked to a particular expense, but vehicle taxes and gas taxes are specifically NOT a Gebühr.
- Xylakant 5y agoI very much meant what I said: Taxes do not go into the same huge pot from which they are distributed some taxes go to the federal governments pot, others to the states, yet others to the city/local council (Einkommenssteuer and Gewerbesteuer for example). There is some redistribution happening, but it’s pretty specific (Länderfinanzausgleich, the federal government pays for some costs which are handled by the local governments). So while taxes are not bound to a purpose, but they are bound to the part of the government they go to: Federal taxes go to the Bundeshaushalt, which pays for the Bundesstraßen and Bundesautobahnen (hence the name) and since all other roads are not paid by the federal government - this they can’t be paid for by federal taxes (among them the KFZ-Steuer)