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Germany, motor vehicle taxes are tied to the volume of carbon
dioxide emissions, among other things.
VW, Europe's largest carmaker, has admitted using
emissions-cheating software in a scandal that tarnished its
image and left it facing billions of euros in fines and
settlements.
Last year, Volkswagen promised to make up for tax revenue losses
in Germany related to the wrong classification of vehicles but
it now expects the government to refrain from seeking back
taxes, the spokesman said, confirming a report in the weekly Der
Spiegel.
The finance ministry said the final amount of motor vehicle tax
could only be calculated when the regulatory authorities had
made their assessment and added that further steps in this case
are confidential under tax rules.
Germany's Federal Office for Motor Vehicles is still due to
publish a report on the results of new emission tests on
Volkswagen models.
Volkswagen and its labor unions on Friday agreed to cut 30,000
jobs at the core VW brand in exchange for a commitment to avoid
forced redundancies in Germany until 2025.
A senior German lawmaker on Saturday called for top Volkswagen
executives responsible for the diesel scandal to return bonuses.
The German state of Lower Saxony, which owns 20 percent of
voting rights, as well as former chairman Ferdinand Piech should
press for bonus clawbacks, Michael Fuchs, a vice parliamentary
faction leader from the conservative CDU party, told
RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland.
The Volkswagen spokesman declined to comment on bonuses.
(Reporting by Arno Schuetze and Madeline Chambers; Editing by
Dale Hudson)
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