The update of the tax on liquid fuels corresponding to all of 2021 will take effect from this Saturday, in accordance with the provisions of the latest definition of the Government, which this time decided not to postpone its application again.
This was announced last night by the Secretary of Energy, Flavia Royon, who indicated that “As of October 1 there will be an increase in fuels due to the unfreezing of taxes and it will be between 1% and 4%, depending on whether it is gasoline or diesel”.
In this way, the tax will increase as established by Law 23,966, which established that in January, April, July and October of each year, the tax is updated based on the variation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) that provides the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec),
In this case, the update that is made corresponds to the first two quarters of 2021, which were successively postponed by presidential decree.
current prices
The current values of the fuels of YPF in the city of Buenos Aires they are $130.50 for a liter of YPF super gasoline; premium gasoline $159.80; diesel $135.70 and premium diesel $185.50.
In the case of shell in the Buenos Aires district they are at $130.50 a liter of super gasoline; $159.80 for premium gasoline; $135.70 for diesel; and $185.50 for premium diesel.
And in the one of axion, also for the City of Buenos Aires, are $134.20 for a liter of super gasoline; $163.50 for Quantium naphtha; $147.10 for the diesel; and $188.30 for the Quantium diesel.
At the end of last August, the Government postponed for the third time in the year the updating of the tax on liquid fuels.
It turned out sixth application postponement of the tax that this year was already extended in February and June.
At the last opportunity, it was determined that the updates corresponding to the first two quarters of 2021 would be applied on October 1; and those of the third and fourth quarters of last year and the first and second quarters of this year were left for January 1, 2023.
