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Cigarettes hardest hit by new excise taxes
Online Reporters, Published on 16/09/2017
» Cigarette prices will face the highest increases under the new excise tax law that took effect on Saturday, with tax rates now at 20% and 40%, followed by imported wine.
Excise tax revenue up 18% y-o-y
Online Reporters, Published on 09/06/2016
» The government has raked in 349.68 billion baht in excise tax in the first eight months of fiscal 2016, up 18.41% year-on-year, with oil, automobiles, beer and alcohol the key contributors.
Activists demand big hike in booze taxes
Online Reporters, Published on 02/03/2016
» The government should increase taxes on alcohol just as it has done with cigarettes in order to discourage new drinkers, the Centre for Alcohol Studies says.
Booze, smokes prices set for 2% rise
Online Reporters, Published on 24/02/2015
» Prices for beer, alcohol and cigarettes likely will go up several baht next month as producers pass on a new 2% sports tax.
Higher alcohol prices kick in midnight
Online Reporters, Published on 03/09/2013
» Drinkers are going to face higher prices on beer, wine and liquor after midnight Tuesday, following cabinet approval on new alcohol tax rates.
B90m tax-evading goods seized
Online Reporters, Published on 08/02/2013
» Goods seized for tax evasion in the past four months represent about 90 million baht in excise tax, according to Somchai Poonsawat, the director-general of the Excise Department.
Prakit: Tax tobacco, not just cigarettes
Online Reporters, Published on 21/11/2012
» Thailand should gradually increase excise tax on tobacco as part of efforts to reduce the number of smokers, because taxes on cigarettes are not working, according to Prakit Vathesatogkit, a prominent tobacco control advocate.
Alcohol, tobacco taxes up
Online Reporters, Published on 21/08/2012
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved the Finance Ministry's proposal to raise the excise tax on liquor and tobacco, meaning an immediate increase in the retail price of liquor and cigarettes, but not beer or wine.