One of the problems with going after tobacco smugglers in the Philippines is perhaps the already-overcrowded conditions within the country’s jails.Read More
The United Arab Emirates, which last year imposed a 100 percent excise tax on tobacco, has been told by a visiting US researcher that taxes should keep on rising.Read More
Heat-not-burn tobacco products have been referred to by an Irish politician as a ‘gimmick’. With a billion-dollar development program behind them, they comprise one impressive gimmick.Read More
Some people in Indonesia believe that the imposition of a 57 percent tax on electronic cigarettes could sound the death knell of this sector.Read More
South Korea’s revenue from cigarette taxes was down by 9.2 percent last year, on volume cigarette sales down by less than that amount.Read More
Dubai is to host this year’s Middle East and Africa Duty Free Association (MEADFA) Conference, which is due to be held next week.Read More
The EU Commission has done the right thing in opposing for now the imposition of excise tax on electronic cigarettes and HNB devices, both of which seem to offer health benefits.Read More
Tobacco excise is expected this year to contribute nearly 14 percent more to the Philippines’ government coffers than it did last year.Read More
Changes to the US federal corporate tax rate are expected to result in a benefit of less than one percent to Imperial Brands’ adjusted effective tax rate during its current financial year.Read More
Malaysia says that it is losing tax revenue to the illegal trade, but you cannot lose something you never had. In truth, Malaysia is forfeiting revenue by pushing tax rates too high.Read More
