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Beer will get cheaper subsequent door in Uganda, Tanzania on excise stamp charge cuts
Friday February 23 2024
Extra Kenyans dwelling at border factors might discover it pocket-friendly to cross into Tanzania and Uganda for a beer after the 2 international locations doubled down on cuts on the costs of excise stamps, one of many price elements of the beverage.
Tanzania final month lowered the excise stamps affixed on excisable items, together with beer and spirits, pushing down the price of producing a tipple in Kenya’s neighbour.
That is the second time Tanzania has lowered the worth of excise stamps, at the same time as Kenya plans to double the worth in what’s geared toward serving to the Kenya Income Authority (KRA) offset a Sh4.5 billion the taxman owes SISCPA, the Swiss firm contracted to fabricate the stamps.
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In a public discover printed on February 5, 2024, the Tanzania Authority (TRA) printed new decrease digital tax stamp costs.
“In accordance with Regulation 6(2) of the Digital Tax Stamps Regulation 2018 the Commissioner Common of Tanzania Income Authority needs to announce new costs (charges) for tax stamps following the profitable completion of negotiations involving Tanzania Income Authority, Confederation of Tanzania Industries and the seller SICPA SA,” reads the discover signed by TRA commissioner normal Alphayo Kidata.
In Uganda, beer producers pays Sh83 for a litre of malt beer produced from homegrown uncooked supplies will entice excise obligation on the charge of 30 p.c or Sh45 a litre, whichever is larger.
Consequently, producers in Kenya now pay as a lot as 4 occasions in excise taxes on beer as in Uganda. Barely over half of the price of beer, about Sh97, is excise taxes in comparison with simply Sh23.85 in Uganda, or 27 p.c.
It’s not any completely different in Tanzania the place excise taxes will occupy about 36 p.c, or Sh43.26, of the entire price of beer.
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Costs of beer in Kenya have largely been pushed up by taxes, particularly excise taxes, popularly often called the six tax. In Kenya, a litre of beer attracts Sh142.44 of excise obligation whereas in Tanzania it’s a most of Sh59.
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