Fiscal claim
Zero VAT on electricity
Headline figure
Per-year impact
€350m
Revenue cut (tax / charge reduction)
Total over horizon
€350m
2025 onwards
Confidence
Estimated from unit count × unit cost
Zero VAT rate on electricity ≈ €350m/yr.
Attribution & links
- Origin
- Manifesto
- Owner
- Aontú
- Policy area
- Energy
- Underwrites commitment
- Introduce a zero VAT rate on electricity
- First stated
- 2024-11-21
- Last reviewed
- 2026-05-23
Verification
Cross-checked against the source document. Quote captured verbatim where the figure is directly stated; gaps and mismatches are noted honestly.
Searched Aontú GE2024 Manifesto - Common Sense Manifesto Part 2, p.7: "Zero rate Electricity on VAT while electricity prices remain high. This will cost €195,000,000 a year.". Aontú manifesto states a cost of €195m/yr for this measure, while the claim records €350m/yr. The data file's figure does not match the manifesto's stated cost.
Evidence & sources
Every euro figure above ultimately traces back to the source document below.
Source
- Aontú GE2024 ManifestoAontú·Retrieved 2026-05-23medium
- Aontú GE2024 Manifesto - Common Sense Manifesto Part 2, p.7 - verbatim figureAontú·Retrieved 2026-05-23medium
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