Written Question·Treasury·UIN 11491

Business: Taxation

Tabled: 28 October 2024

Answered: 5 November 2024

Question

Lee Barron

Labour — Corby and East Northamptonshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost to businesses of administering the excise duty system following the end of the temporary easement on 1 February 2025.

Answer

James Murray

In August 2023 the Government introduced reforms to alcohol duty so that products are taxed in proportion to their alcoholic strength, not volume. The reforms aimed to modernise and simplify the system, to prioritise public health and incentivise consumpt...

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