Taxis and NCC united against high fuel prices: the request to the Government

Divided by the reform of non-scheduled transport, united by the high cost of fuel. It took the energy crisis caused by the wars in Iran and Ukraine which is affecting the world of transport in particular and the consequent surge in prices at the pump to establish an unprecedented alliance between taxis and NCC. For once, black and white cars are lining up together to ask the Government for immediate measures to counteract the repercussions of the increase in petrol and diesel prices on the operating costs of professional transport operators, be they taxi drivers or chauffeur-driven rental drivers.

The requests of taxis and NCC - summarized in a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, and to the Ministers of Economy and Transport signed by nine acronyms of the associations of the two categories representing around 80 of the operators - are two: free access to "professional fuel" exempt from excise duties and a tax credit for non-scheduled public transport services by car.

In the first case, we read in the letter, it involves an extension «to non-scheduled public service operators of professional fuel, in order to contain the costs of the service for users», which already happens «in a large part of Europe for companies in the sector and as also happens in Italy but limited to goods transport and agricultural transport».

The second request to the Executive concerns «the introduction of a tax credit for non-scheduled public transport services by car, referring to the period from March to October 2026 and to increases in fuel prices compared to February 2026».