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Future of Tobacco Taxation in Europe
December 5, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Later this week, the European Union is expected to release a new Tobacco Tax Directive, the first update in more than a decade. Early reports indicate that the EU will propose a significant increase to the existing minimum cigarette tax rates levied across the Union and expand the product categories that are taxed,
Vapor Taxes by State, 2022
July 5, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Today’s map looks at the design of excise taxes for vaping and tobacco alternatives, which is important in the pursuit of harm reduction from smoking. Higher vapor taxes on products such as E-cigarettes could encourage vapors to go back to smoking cigarettes and will discourage cigarette smokers from switching to vaping products. Since
Washington State Vapor Tax Increase Proposal Gets Base, Rate Wrong
January 13, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Just like last year, Washington lawmakers will consider a bill (HB 1676) which would change the vapor tax base and increase the tax rate on vapor products. Both these changes would be steps in the wrong direction, as they would negatively impact smokers’ decision to switch from more harmful combustible products to harm-reducing
Alaska Vapor Tax Proposal: Poor Excise Tax Design
January 7, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares A proposal to introduce a wholesale tax on vapor products in Alaska could make switching from combustible tobacco products very expensive for smokers. If enacted, HB 110 (SB 45) would, among other things, impose a 75 percent wholesale tax on nicotine vapor products (including components)—a rate comparable to the rate on other tobacco
Should Tax Policy Play a Role in Tobacco Harm Reduction?
October 8, 2021
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Following the release of the House Democrats’ proposed Build Back Better Act, federal tobacco and nicotine taxation has been a hot topic in the United States. In an effort to raise roughly $100 billion, the House proposal would double cigarette taxes and increase all other tobacco and nicotine taxes to comparable rates—a strategy
House Tobacco Proposals Defy Biden’s Tax Pledge
September 13, 2021
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares House Democrats’ newly released $3.5 trillion tax legislation includes a tax increase on tobacco, nicotine, and vapor products levied on tobacco manufacturers. But ultimately it would fall heavily on tobacco consumers—many of the group that earns less than $400,000 that President Biden pledged would not see a tax increase. According to the Joint
2021 State Tax Changes, Effective July 1
June 29, 2021
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Key Findings Thirteen states have notable tax changes taking effect July 1, 2021. Indiana has the lone corporate income tax rate change, with the rate decreasing from 5.25 to 4.9 percent. Montana will begin using a corporate income tax apportionment formula with a double-weighted sales factor. Idaho will offer a one-time individual income
