Govt extends diesel duty cut, set to pass income-linked measures

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 27 - The government on Wednesday night extended a 17-cent cut on diesel duties until September 5 and said this would be followed by more selective measures based in household income. The money to cover the costs of the extension - an estimated 130 million euro - will come from a complicated mechanism of withholding taxes on the dividends of major energy companies who have benefitted from the recent surge in energy prices due to the Iran war. The centre-left opposition calle...

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