Tag: excess profits
The excess profit skimming becomes a bureaucratic monster
Wind turbines in Lower Saxony The revenue cap should be defined separately for each individual system. (Photo: dpa) The planned skimming off of excess profits does not end well. The…
Excess profit tax alarms the electricity industry
Robert Habeck The plans from his economics ministry are met with harsh criticism in the energy industry. (Photo: AP/dpa) Berlin, Dusseldorf The federal government’s plans to skim off chance profits…
Skimming off profits in the energy sector partly illegal
photovoltaic system The companies that make their money from the sale of renewable electricity should now be asked to pay. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf For more than a year, many energy…
Logistic companies cash in, politicians seem powerless
Wilhelmshaven container terminal The Hapag-Lloyd shipping company has acquired a stake in the container port – just one of many deals in the logistics industry. (Photo: imago stock&people) The wave…
Skimming off profits is also not a solution
oil platform The producers of fossil fuels are currently recording enormously high sales. (Photo: dpa) So far there has been little resistance to the radical proposal that the EU Commission…
Excess profit tax: symbolic politics with underestimated side effects
Dusseldorf Taxes are popular with the population when a majority does not have to pay these compulsory taxes. This is probably one reason why politicians and parties want to impress…
Dispute in the traffic light coalition on excess profit tax
International oil companies are making big profits The call for the introduction of an excess profit tax is getting louder – but there are many hurdles. (Photo: REUTERS) Berlin It…
The waiver of the gas levy is a matter of course
shell For many citizens, the billions in profits of some energy companies are difficult to understand. (Photo: REUTERS) It was a moment that made me suspicious. Economics Minister Robert Habeck…
The waiver of the gas levy is a matter of course
shell For many citizens, the billions in profits of some energy companies are difficult to understand. (Photo: REUTERS) It was a moment that made me suspicious. Economics Minister Robert Habeck…
The waiver of the gas levy is a matter of course
shell For many citizens, the billions in profits of some energy companies are difficult to understand. (Photo: REUTERS) It was a moment that made me suspicious. Economics Minister Robert Habeck…
Energy Crisis: Support for excess profits tax grows
RWE The energy group benefits above all from the high electricity and gas prices. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Not only the international oil giants are making billions in profits, German energy…
SPD and Greens increase the pressure
Saskia Esken The party leader of the Social Democrats, Saskia Esken, is drumming for the introduction of the levy. (Photo: IMAGO/Metodi Popov) Berlin The federal government is planning new relief.…
Energy companies must show their colors or pay
Global trends Handelsblatt International correspondent Torsten Riecke analyzes interesting data and trends from all over the world in his weekly column. You can reach him at [email protected]. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy)…