Alcohol drinkers and smokers to pay more
Written by Pearl Coetzee on 01 April 2015.WINDHOEK, 01 APR (NAMPA) – Whiskey drinkers and smokers have been hit the hardest with the new 'sin tax' that will have a pack of 20 cigarettes going up by 82 cents and the alcoholic beverage by N.dollars 3.77.
The Minister of Finance Calle Schlettwein tabled the 2015/2016 National Budget in Parliament on Tuesday.
Sin taxes are concentrated on cigarettes, beer, wine and other liquor, as well as tobacco and increase on a year-to-year basis. In line with the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) common excise ...