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Guardian (blog)
April 18, 2018
A coalition of the Business Renaissance Group (BRG) and Sustained Development Collective (SDC) has given the Federal Government a 30-day ultimatum to review the excise duty on alcoholic beverages and tobacco products, with a view to reducing it to reflect present day reality. This followed theÃâà...
Economic Times
April 18, 2018
Problems with excise department websites or online processing of outlet registrations have led to bars and restaurants running out of liquor in some states this month. “In Haryana the entire process moved online and there were delays in online registration and approval of labels… the past 15 days there isÃâà...
Daily Sun
April 17, 2018
Before now, tax on alcoholic beverages (beer, wines and spirit) stood at 20 per cent (N31 per litre) but the new excise as announced by the Finance Minister proposed a N200 tax on spirit and N150 on wines. But, President of the Business Renaissance Group (BRG), Mazi Omeife Omeife, told newsmen at aÃâà...
The Hindu
April 17, 2018
An aspiring wrestler who along with his associates had allegedly attacked a team of Excise Department and caused serious injuries to an official has been arrested, the police said on Tuesday. Pawan Kumar was wanted in an attempt to murder case of a Delhi Excise Department official at Vijay Vihar nearÃâà...
Federal Way Mirror
April 15, 2018
Being elected to your Federal Way City Council has been an honor, and I never forget who I serve. I ran for election understanding I don't have all the answers and, as a result, regularly solicit insights from fellow citizens when formulating policy positions. My position on the excise tax was formulated in partÃâà...
Tax Foundation
March 29, 2018
There is currently no federal excise tax on vapor products, but some states and localities have enacted their own vapor taxes at varying rates. Eight states and the District of Columbia levy a statewide excise tax on vapor, and three states are home to localities that have started to apply excise taxes to theÃâà...
Guardian (blog)
March 29, 2018
A Coalition of civil society groups across the country under the aegis of Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) faulted calls by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) for a halt in the implementation of the new excise duty on tobacco products. Ms Hilda Ochefu, sub-regional coordinator of theÃâà...
The Star, Kenya
March 29, 2018
The officials on Tuesday found forged KRA excise duty stamps and several alcoholic brands belonging to various manufacturers at the Julijo Investments Ltd's premises. The team was led by deputy county commissioner James Kamau. Kamau said the company resumed operations without gettingÃâà...
Philippine Star
March 29, 2018
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) generated P44.49 billion in excise taxes in the first two months of the year, exceeding its target for the period due to the implementation of the new tax reform law, the Department of Finance (DOF) said yesterday. In a statement, the DOF saidÃâà...
Jakarta Post
March 28, 2018
Government to impose excise on plastic in May It is estimated that more than 300 tons of plastic waste enter Bali's waterways on a daily basis, while more than 1,500 tons of waste is added each day to the island's biggest garbage dump, TPA Suwung. (JP/Liam Taylor)Ãâà...
wwlp.com
March 28, 2018
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – You pay your motor vehicle excise tax every year, but do you know specifically what that money is being used for? Every town and city in western Massachusetts sends out excise tax bills to residents. In 2017, the city of Chicopee sent out 60,000 excise tax bills. The money youÃâà...
Bloomberg BNA
March 27, 2018
Starting July 1, Virginia will begin regulating a newly created license category: “confectionery.” Senate Bill 61 provides for new state and local licensing for businesses that sell confectioneries containing five percent or less alcohol by volume for off-premises consumption. The bill's sponsor, Virginia Sen.
Times of India
March 24, 2018
CHANDIGARH: Despite its empty coffers, the Punjab government did not take initiatives even to recover excise dues amounting to Rs 46 crore in 2015-16 and 2016-17 from 22 licensee groups. The money was to be paid to the government on account of unlifted quota of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL),Ãâà...
The New Indian Express
March 23, 2018
GURUGRAM: The Excise and Taxation Department has cancelled the licences of 42 zones of retail liquor distributors in Gurugram and Faridabad in Haryana allotted for fiscal 2018-19, an official said on Friday. The Excise and Taxation Commissioner (Finance Commissioner) issued the orders underÃâà...
The Punch
March 22, 2018
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to forget the proposed hike in the excise duty on alcohol and tobacco products, saying if it goes ahead to implement the proposal, the firms producing the products will shut down and increase job losses. The President, MANÃâà...
Tax Foundation
March 22, 2018
Like many excise taxes, the treatment of spirits varies widely across the states. Spirits excise rates may include a wholesale tax rate converted to a gallonage excise tax rate; case and/or bottle fees, which can vary based on size of container; retail and distributor license fees, converted into a gallonageÃâà...
Pakistan Observer
March 21, 2018
Sindh Excise Department has recovered over Rs42.426 billion during last eight months in the current financial year from July 2017 to February 2018 ... This was disclosed by the Provincial Minister for Excise & Taxation and Narcotics Control while presiding over a meeting here in his office here on Tuesday.
Business Standard
March 20, 2018
The number of retail shops for country liquor and Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) have been increased from 77 to 93 in the city, it said. To promote low alcoholic contents beverages like wine and to boost wine industry, the extra license fee or excise duty has been reduced from Rs 20 per bulk litre to Rs 15Ãâà...
Times of India
March 20, 2018
Gurgaon: People living along Golf Course Road, sectors 38, 47, 52 and nearby areas, may now have to drive the extra mile to get a bottle of liquor. Huda has decided not to disburse land for setting up liquor vends in these areas. The development authority has written to the excise department, informingÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 20, 2018
BAHAWALPUR: Excise and taxation department's cop Shehzad Rasool was shot dead by two drug peddlers Zaman and Nasrullah alias Laggi near Pansota Chowk in Chak 98 Fateh during a raid by excise and taxation team led by excise inspector Khalid Wattoo. After the death of just three months earlierÃâà...
The Sun
March 20, 2018
Seven out of 10 motorists who are buying a new car face forking out more thanks to the revised Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) tax bands. The new Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) system was slowly introduced from April 1 2017. Some drivers will pay nothing towards the changed vehicle excise duty, while othersÃâà...
Mumbai Mirror
March 20, 2018
“As per the Maharashtra grape processing policy of 2001, the government had given some concessions earlier, and there was no excise duty on wine made from grapes grown in the state until 2021. But if one bought wine from other states or countries, excise duty was to be levied,” said Patil. He added thatÃâà...
The New Indian Express
March 20, 2018
KOCHI: The Central Tax and Central Excise Aluva division office functioning out of GST Bhavan, Kathrikadavu has been shifted to the first floor of Vathiattu Towers Thottakkattukara, Aluva.The new office was inaugurated on Monday by Pullella Nageswarara Rao, Chief Commissioner, Central Tax andÃâà...
Pakistan Observer
March 20, 2018
KARACHI : Provincial Minister for Excise & Taxation and Narcotics Control, Mukesh Kumar Chawla has said that the Sindh Excise Department has recovered more than Rs.42426.069 million during last eight months in current financial year from July 2017 to February 2018 in heads of various taxes while in the same periodÃâà...
Philippine Star
March 19, 2018
Excise tax on sweetened beverages (SBs) is one of the new taxes imposed under Republic Act (RA) 10963 or Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law which took effect last Jan. 1. The Department of Finance (DOF) along with Department of Health (DOH) support this as part of aÃâà...
Pune Mirror
March 9, 2018
An inquiry conducted by state excise commissioner has found Pune's superintendent Mohan Varde guilty of abusing his powers. He allowed a Purandar-based factory to manufacture a spirit which involved methanol and absolute alcohol. According to the law, use of methanol is banned and is a violation ofÃâà...
Times of India
March 9, 2018
MANGALURU: Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths conducted raids at five places including the residence and office of Vinod Kumar, DySP of excise department, in Udupi ... ACB officials said they raided Vinod's house at Kuntikana and the excise office based on a disproportionate assets case filed against him.
Myjoyonline.com
March 9, 2018
One major goal of every government must be the protection of local entrepreneurs and manufacturers by creating a conducive environment for indigenous producers. However, this new policy, known as the “Excise Tax Stamp”, comes as a wolf in sheep's clothing which will eventually collapse small-scaleÃâà...
Bloomberg BNA
March 8, 2018
A cynical view of the nature of excise taxes is that they can be used to target certain groups or products, such as traditional “sin” taxes on products like alcohol or tobacco. Georgia's controversial reaction to Delta ending its discount program for travel to the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meetingÃâà...
The Tribune
March 7, 2018
As the government was looking at excise collections of Rs 6,200 crore (up from Rs 5,442 crore for the ongoing fiscal) for 2018-19, the liquor lobby reportedly told the powers that breaking the big licensing units would not help the state realise such high revenue. Already, the contractors in Fazilka, Abohar,Ãâà...
Pakistan Observer
March 2, 2018
Sindh Minister for Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control, Mukesh Kumar Chawla has said that the Sindh Excise Department will establish a Taxation Court to trial tax defaulters. He said this while presiding over a meeting here at his office on Thursday, said a statement. Sindh Secretary Excise andÃâà...
The Baltic Course
March 1, 2018
As a result, the Latvian excise tax rate on strong alcohol will become equal to that in Lithuania, but will remain significantly lower than the Estonian excise ... They also informed that the tax hike's possible effect on alcohol prices in retail trade (excise tax plus value added tax) might be an estimated EUR 0.07Ãâà...
Bloomberg BNA
March 1, 2018
Practitioners are skeptical that the growing trend among states to levy excise and sales taxes on opioids will curb the nationwide overdosing epidemic. Six states—Kentucky, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, and West Virginia—are mulling 12 measures proposing taxes on the distribution,Ãâà...
Bloomberg BNA
March 1, 2018
Massachusetts imposes a surcharge of $0.20 on each prearranged ride originating in the state, while Nevada imposes an excise tax of three percent of the total fare charged. South Carolina imposes a local assessment fee of one percent of the gross trip fare that is very similar to the Alabama tax, whileÃâà...
The News Minute
March 1, 2018
Telangana's Prohibition and Excise department on Wednesday arrested a student, who was allegedly in possession of 40 blots of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD). The accused, identified as B Pharmacy student K Arvind Reddy, was reported to be a native of Suryapet, who was caught during a routineÃâà...
ERR News
March 1, 2018
"As Latvia is also raising its excise duties, as a result of this change, the difference in excise duty on vodka between the two countries will be smaller than it was in 2016, when border trade gained momentum," he said, adding that the difference in excise duty on beer between Estonia and Latvia willÃâà...
Next City
February 27, 2018
The excise tax in Medford is modeled after one that Bend has been using for the last dozen years. (Because it was adopted before the state ban, the Bend tax was grandfathered in.) Lynne McConnell, the affordable housing manager for Bend, says that the tax has generated around $7 million since it wasÃâà...
Tax Foundation
February 27, 2018
On Feb. 15, the Tax Foundation hosted an event on excise tax policy across the 50 states. We heard from experts with differing perspectives on excise taxes, including Reid Wilson, national correspondent from The Hill; Todd Nesbit, professor of economics at Ball State University; and Richard Auxier,Ãâà...
Bloomberg BNA
December 31, 1999
S.B. 2381 would update the state's existing room occupancy excise tax by modifying it to capture all rental types. Any rental lodging subject to the room occupancy tax would be taxed at the current rate of 5.7 percent of the total amount of rent. Total amounts of rent that are less than $15 per day would not beÃâà...
Rural News Group
December 31, 1999
“Customs has done a great job in modernising their systems to recognise modern business operations, while still meeting their excise collection requirements. Excise is reality for our industry and common-sense solutions to address industry concerns have been very welcome. It will save time and money forÃâà...
ERR News
December 31, 1999
The excise hike decidedly influenced the price of hard liquor. This finding of the study is particularly interesting also because one of the sharpest critics of the current Center Party-led government's excise policy, Maris Lauri (Reform), was minister of finance at the time. The institute's director, Marje Josing,Ãâà...
The Register-Guard
December 31, 1999
Let me explain an excise tax on home construction as I see it. It will inevitably drive the price of a new home, any new home, up, and in so doing it will make it unaffordable to some potential buyer who will then consider a lower-priced home. That will displace the buyer for that home, who will then consider aÃâà...
Aspen Daily News
December 31, 1999
Excess is on the rise in Snowmass Village, if the total amount of excise tax collected during 2017 is any indication. According to information provided recently by the town's finance department, the excise tax fund — which allows homeowners to build up to 550 square feet beyond what is permitted throughÃâà...
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