Tobacco: Excise Duties

Summary

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Institute of Fiscal Studies' finding relating to the fall in revenues from tobacco duty over the last decade, outlined on page 42 of its report entitled The outlook for the public finances in t

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1. 14 October 2024

   Written question

   To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Institute of Fiscal Studies' finding relating to the fall in revenues from tobacco duty over the last decade, outlined on page 42 of its report entitled The outlook for the public finances in t

   Source: Commons

2. 22 October 2024

   Answer

   HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) launched its first strategy to tackle illicit tobacco in 2000. This, and consequent strategies with Border Force, have reduced the overall tobacco duty tax gap from 21.7% in 2005/6 to 14.5% in 2022/23. During this time, the d...

   Source: Written answer

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