the Rada answered how much the price will increase – UNIAN
The increase in excise tax on TIENs will be less than on cigarettes.
There will be an increase in the excise tax not only on cigarettes, but also on tobacco products for electronic heating – TIENs. Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Finance Daniil Getmantsev said this at a briefing.
“The increase in excise taxes on cigarettes will occur faster than the increase in excise taxes on TIENs. The difference will be somewhere around 20%. This is the position of the Ministry of Finance, which we supported at the committee. It was justified by the fact that the TIEN market is completely white and there is no “” arable component”. Also, flows to TIENs are beneficial to the state because they increase revenues to the state budget. This is also international practice and the IMF, which believes that there should be a gap between these two products…
