Increased alcohol tax proposed21 June 2007
A governmet committee has proposed that the tax on alcohol should be increased by 10 per cent. Chocolate, on the other hand, would become cheaper.
The so-called "Surtax-committee" will present its proposals on Friday, but it is already clear that it has also discussed to do away with the so-called tax-free sales of alcohol at airports and on ferries to the continent.
A governmet committee has proposed that the tax on alcohol should be increased by 10 per cent. Chocolate, on the other hand, would become cheaper.
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The brewery-industry is not surprisingly strongly opposed to increased taxes on alcohol.
- An increase of the surtax on alcohol will lead to increased cross-border trade and to the death of the brewery industry in Norway, says CEO of Hansa Borg Breweries, Lars Midtgaard.
(NRK)
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