• The EU Treaties do not give the Union direct taxation powers over households; direct taxes such as income, property, or social-security contributions remain a member-state competence¹².
• The EU has recently introduced one new EU-level charge that affects households: a flat €3 customs duty on low-value e-commerce imports (under €150) that took effect on 1 July 2026, raising costs for consumers who buy from non-EU online platforms³⁴.
• The EU Emissions Trading System for buildings and road transport (ETS2) was postponed to 2028 and does not impose emission permits or taxes on households directly; the legal obligation falls on upstream fuel suppliers⁵⁶⁷.
• Broader EU tax proposals in 2026 (the Tax Simplification Package, DAC recast, etc.) are aimed at businesses and cross-border compliance, not at levying new taxes on households⁸⁹.
• Because the claim is phrased broadly and implies direct EU taxation of households, it is highly misleading, but not entirely baseless: the new customs duty on small imports is a genuine EU-imposed charge that household consumers now pay.

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