Two complaints are most common among Canadians during tax time: taxes are too high, and filing taxes is too complicated. With every new kind of tax and deduction hitting Canadians...
The GST Council (Goods and Service Tax) recently announced a bewildering array of extra tax rates for popcorn, sparking an understandable backlash among economists, businesses, and consumers alike. Salted and...
Beberapa waktu lalu, pemerintah Indonesia bersama dengan lembaga legislasi Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), memutuskan untuk meningkatkan tingkat pajak pertambahan nilai (value-added tax / PPN) di Indonesia dari 11% ke 12%....
Large sodas, alcohol, and tobacco are just a few things governments around the world want to keep us away from. It seems governments worldwide have embraced what economists call “sin...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Kennedy (R-La.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and John Barrasso (R-Wy.) today reintroduced the Chemical Tax Repeal Act to eliminate the Superfund Tax imposed...
Various studies over the past two years have shown that there was a worldwide increase in alcohol consumption during the pandemic because many people were worried and stressed as they...
Non-alcoholic beer has been subject to federal excise taxes despite not containing virtually any alcohol at all. Our North American Affairs Manager, David Clement pointed out several problems with this...
En 2018, le mouvement des Gilets jaunes avait mis en lumière la taxe TICPE sur l’essence, mais, en ce début d’année 2022, le prix à la pompe est encore plus...
Beer is one of those products that gets heavily taxed however should that mean the tax should be equal between alcoholic and dealcoholized beer? Listen to the interview here
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Staaten stehen in einer gewissen Konkurrenz zueinander. Zwar ist der Handel kein Nullsummenspiel und Handelskriege, Zöller und andere Beschränkungen daher kontraproduktiv. Dennoch lässt sich nicht leugnen, dass verschiedene Regulierungsmöglichkeiten zu...
Consumer demand for non-alcoholic beer is surging in Canada, but Canada oddly maintains it’s “sin tax” on non-alcoholic beer at a rate of $2.82/hectolitre. The Consumer Choice Center’s Toronto based North American...
Before the pandemic, while at a Blue Jays game, my head turned when a patron at the bar ordered a non-alcoholic beer. At first, I thought this might just be...
