Smokers, drinkers to pay more following budget speech
This comes after Finance Minister Tito Mboweni in the 2020 Budget Speech announced increases of between 4.4 and 7.5% in excise duties on alcohol and tobacco.
SMOKERS and drinkers will from Wednesday have to dig deeper into their pockets for cigarettes and alcohol.
This comes after Finance Minister Tito Mboweni in the 2020 Budget Speech announced increases of between 4.4 and 7.5% in excise duties on alcohol and tobacco.
From Wednesday, a 340ml can of beer or cider will cost an extra 8c while a 750ml bottle of wine will cost an extra 14c.
Other increases will see a 750ml bottle of sparkling wine cost an extra 61c, while a bottle of 750ml spirits, including whisky, gin or vodka, will rise by R2.89.
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A packet of 20 cigarettes will be an extra 74c, while a 25 gram of piped tobacco and a 23 gram cigar will cost an extra 40c and R6.73, respectively.
Electronic cigarettes are different to heated tobacco products: they do not contain tobacco, but they do contain nicotine or other chemicals.
Government intends to tax electronic cigarettes in 2021.
The 2020 Budget has again not spared smokers and alcohol drinkers.
Taxes on alcohol and tobacco, reads the report, are determined within a policy framework that targets the excise duty burden.
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