Sin taxes on alcohol and tobacco have cost the Treasury £31bn, analysis finds

Sin taxes on alcohol and tobacco have cost the Treasury £31bn, analysis finds

Around £31.6 billion of tax revenue has been lost because of the illicit market in spirits, beer, wine, cigarettes, rolling tobacco and diesel, according to the analysis of HMRC figures by the TaxPayers’ Alliance. The high taxes on alcohol and tobacco s

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November 15, 2016 at 05:04AM