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Disproportion in Taxation of Tobacco Products in the Czech Republic and Selected Neighbouring Countries
[Nepoměr zdanění tabákových výrobků v ČR a vybraných okolních zemích]

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  • Lenka Miltáková
  • Jana Stavjaňová

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The goal of the paper is to asses differences between taxation of various tobacco products in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. When comparing the taxation of cigarette and fine cut tobacco, it is usually expected that one cigarette is equivalent to 1 gram of tobacco, while the European Commission uses a conversion rate of 0.75g. However, to accurately evaluate this disproportion, the real volume of tobacco contained in one cigarette was weighed using calibrated scales. Our experiment showed that the excise duties on tobacco are between 80-51% of the cigarette taxation in the Czech Republic; the range is between 78-47% in Slovakia and 67-37% in Poland, depending on the conversion rate. Even if it is highly unlikely that taxation of both products could be fully equal, we still believe that there is a potential for increasing taxation of fine cut tobacco, which could increase tax revenues by 0.7-2.7 billion CZK in the Czech Republic.

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  • Lenka Miltáková & Jana Stavjaňová, 2016. "Disproportion in Taxation of Tobacco Products in the Czech Republic and Selected Neighbouring Countries [Nepoměr zdanění tabákových výrobků v ČR a vybraných okolních zemích]," Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2016(3), pages 35-52.
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2016:y:2016:i:3:id:535:p:35-52
    DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.535
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    Keywords

    excise duties; tobacco products; taxation of cigarettes; taxation of tobacco; disproportional taxation; tax revenues;
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    JEL classification:

    • H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
    • H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies

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