Unequal Taxation of Alcohol May Compromise the Effectiveness of the Selective Tax

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The design of the new Selective Tax on Alcoholic Beverages can define not only the level of government collection, but also the size of the illegal market and the effectiveness of public health policy, assess experts. Created with the aim of discouraging the consumption of products harmful to health, the so-called Sin Tax should be defined in the coming months which criteria will be used for the taxation of alcohol in the country. And it is prec…