Cigarette and alcohol tax goes up
Saturday, June 29, 2013 @ 12:13 PM
TAXES go up on cigarettes and alcohol today (Friday) as part of the government's ongoing fiscal reform which will be completed by March next year.
Minister for finance Cristóbal Montoro says these tax rises were already anticipated at the end of April and that there would be 'no surprises'.
He added that the tax increases would be on consumer goods which had an 'outward negative effect on society' and, although he did not specifically mention drink and tobacco products, when questioned pointedly on these, admitted that the rises would be 'in that area'.
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