Limiting the availability of “monkeys”
Minister of Finance Andrzej Domański will talk to the Minister of Health Izabela Leszczyna about a possible restriction on the availability of alcohol miniatures (so-called monkeys), according to the minister’s statement. As a rule, there are no plans to raise excise duty on alcohol above what is indicated in the so-called road map, he added.
Excise duty on alcohol
“Excise duties on alcohol at the moment we do not plan to increase. In the sense, the so-called is maintained road map for excise duty in the area of alcohol. And so, at the moment, excise duty is already a huge share in the price of alcohol. I can point out that the very high sales of so-called monkeys, which flood Polish cities, are still a cause for concern. I know that their sales are also very high in the morning hours and this worries both the Minister of Health and myself. We will continue to discuss this,” Domański said on TVN24.
“We will continue to talk with the Minister of Health about specific actions that could be taken. (…) I think that such a conversation will take place this week,” he added.
From 2022, according to the adopted schedule, the prices will be increased. excise tax rates on alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, dried tobacco and innovative products. The road map assumes that excise tax on ethyl alcohol, beer, wine, fermented beverages and intermediate products increases by 5% each year, while on cigarettes, cigar tobacco, cigarillos and dried tobacco – by 10%.
The Minister of Finance announced the introduction of an additional excise tax on cigarettes from 2025, 25% higher than the current schedule of annual increases.
(ISBnews)
