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Russians will sharply raise prices for vodka and tobacco to fill the budget

Against the backdrop of difficulties with replenishing the budget, from January the government will sharply raise not only taxes, but also excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco. This follows from the draft amendments to the Tax Code submitted by the government to the State Duma for consideration. Excise taxes on alcohol will increase by 11.4% - stronger than 18 degrees and weaker than 18 degrees. For the first category, it will be 824 rubles per liter of pure alcohol contained in the products, and for the second - from 148 rubles to 165 rubles. The correction of the excise tax turned out to be more than planned, Interfax writes. The excise tax will increase even more strongly for other categor... [Read more]

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