Due to the important variations of the diesel-prices, a corresponding fuel-surcharge, based on the ASTAG index, is applied on transport-services.
Relevant information and actual level of this index can be found on the official elements of calculation by ASTAG.
LSVA is as a generator’s oriented duty for taxation of road-carriage of goods serving the purpose to cover infrastructural costs caused by road-carriage and on the other hand to promote and finance the shift of goods carried by road to the rail-transport mode.
- 1998 acceptation by referendum of a federal law introducing 3-staged LSVA
- 2001 introduction of the LSVA ( 1st. stage )
- 2005 increase of the LSVA ( 2nd stage )
- 2008 planned increase of the LSVA ( 3rd stage )
- Latest around LSVA can be found through www.astag.ch
