Regulatory and market intelligence for the e-cigarette sector
The ECigIntelligence Tax hub brings together a range of news and regulatory reports on actual and planned taxation of vaping products. It also includes a database with detailed insight into tax regulation. Find net excise tax, tax per gram and tax comparisons for different products.
Can a tax on e-liquids actually help the e-cigarette industry? It sounds counter-intuitive even to suggest that’s possible
The tax authorities in Brussels are to give a final decision on introducing a new harmonised tax scheme for e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products in a year’s time
The Polish tax authorities are to intensify their enforcement actions to ensure industry complies with the new excise tax rate on e-liquids and novel tobacco products that came into force on 1st October
EU member states will have to decide how to implement a planned European levy on non-recycled plastic packaging waste – to fund it from national budgets or make industry pay for the waste it produces
Neither the EU nor the US has a common excise tax for vapour propducts or a common framework that applies throughout all jurisdictions. This report examines how policies and revenues vary between states
A day ahead of the presentation of the Irish 2021 budget, the government in Dublin is being urged to put forward a new tax scheme for vaping products
The Slovakian Ministry of Finance has rejected a suggestion by education officials that it should set up a tax scheme for nicotine-containing e-cigarettes
South Korea has announced that it intends to double the National Health Promotion fee applied to e-liquids marketed in the country
An excise tax on e-liquids is in limbo after the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned a partial veto by the US state’s governor, saying he overstepped his authority
The upcoming presidencies of the Council of the European Union have agreed to include the revision of the Directive 2011/64 on the structure and rates of excise duties applied to manufactured tobacco in their strategic agenda
Lawmakers in the US state of Georgia have voted to impose a tax on e-cigarettes from 1st January 2021; after passing both chambers of the legislature the bill is now awaiting only the governor’s signature
Poland’s Ministry of Finance has decided to delay tax on e-liquids by three months to reduce the red tape for businesses during the coronavirus pandemic
Voters in the US state of Colorado will decide in November whether to enact a new tax on vapour products after the state legislature agreed to put a taxation scheme for nicotine products to the ballot
The newly elected taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland, Micheál Martin, has a more restrictive approach to tobacco-alternative products among his policy priorities, as laid out in the coalition government’s five-year plan
The Council of the European Union considers it “urgent and necessary” to harmonise the definitions and tax treatment of novel tobacco products such as e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products
California is putting forward a budget proposal that would increase taxes on vapour products in the next fiscal year and promises to work on a statewide flavour ban
EU nations are to recommend to the European Commission that e-cigarettes should be included in the forthcoming revision of the structure and rates of tax applied to manufactured tobacco products
A planned increase in sales taxes on e-cigarettes has been halted in the US state of Maryland due to concern about the economic impact on the industry amid the coronavirus pandemic
The Danish government is to submit to Parliament a proposal to levy a tax on e-cigarettes and a national action plan on restricting e-cigarettes to cut tobacco uptake by young people
The Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica is heading towards passing new legislation before the end of April that would ban the use of e-cigarettes in public and impose taxes on all e-cigs and e-liquids
Lawmakers in the US state of Kentucky have approved separate tax rates for closed and open e-cigarette products with the aim of dissuading young people from vaping by financial means
The South African government has announced that its finance authorities are working on a new tax scheme for vaping products to come into force in 2021
Two more Canadian provinces are slapping a 20% tax on vaping products to reduce youth vaping, while authorities in Ontario have announced new sale restrictions and called for a national vape tax
A new study by a research team of academic economists argues that e-cigarette taxes could backfire, potentially sending vape consumers to use cheaper and more harmful products
The European Union’s member states overwhelmingly want harmonised tax policies across the EU for both e-cigarettes and heated tobacco
President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign to increase annually the “sin” taxes on e-cigarettes, vapour products, and alcoholic drinks in the Philippines goes on. The Republic Act 11467, signed by Duterte on 22nd January, combines House Bill 1026 and Senate Bill 1074, modifies the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997 and taxes vapour products based on their […]
The Croatian government has scrapped a plan to levy a tax on e-liquids just days after putting the proposal out for public comment
Croatia could be about to join the growing number of EU member states which have opted for a special tax on vaping products
A plan by the Indonesian government to equate vaping products with combustible cigarettes has been criticised by a Jakarta-based policy think-tank
Ukraine could be the next country to introduce an excise tax burden on vaping products, although as it stands excise tax will apply only to heated tobacco from January 2020
The European Commission is delaying evaluating tobacco tax rates and the possible introduction of a new harmonised tax scheme for e-cigs and heated tobacco
The ECigIntelligence EU tax database is an essential and detailed source to help you to understand vaping and tobacco taxes for the 28 EU member states. This database provides a detailed insight into tax regulation, net excise tax, tax per gram and tax comparisons for e-cigarettes, heated tobacco, cigarettes and fine-cut tobacco. We also provide […]
A draft bill has been submitted to the national Parliament (Sejm) by the current prime minister, with the aim of raising the excise tax rate on novelty tobacco products by 10% next year
Canadian province British Columbia has announced a ten-point plan that introduces some of the toughest regulations in the country on e-cigarettes, including a tax increase and ad restrictions
The Slovak Republic is currently debating a proposal from the Ministry of Finance that would increase excise duties for tobacco products, including heated tobacco, from February 2020
This report provides updates to our previous report that examined heated tobacco tax laws in EU countries where HnB products have been launched or specific laws introduced, and what would happen in countries where neither has yet occurred
Promotion of vaping products in convenience stores and gas stations is to be banned in Ontario from 1st January, while Alberta could become the first province in Canada to tax e-cigarettes
A Democrat-controlled US House committee has comfortably approved a bill to tax nicotine in vaping products to discourage their use
The Russian Duma has adopted a new bill that amends the tax code for 2020, increasing excise tax applied to electronic cigarettes
Organisers of a major vape trade show to be held in Dubai next year fear the introduction of a “sin tax” on e-cigarettes in the United Arab Emirates will hit a market that was only legalised in April
Barely a month after Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte signed a law setting taxes on heated tobacco and vaping products, the House of Representatives has opted to change the entire tax structure
Tax revenues from e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn (HnB) products raised €172.6m in Italy in 2018, a big increase over previous years. Meanwhile, there are fresh doubts over the political future
The Philippines is bent on clamping down on public vaping and imposing a new excise tax on heated tobacco and vapour products
The Hungarian parliament is considering reducing tax on nicotine-containing e-liquids, while bringing in taxation and other restrictions on those without nicotine
Illinois, Vermont and Maine are the latest US states to overhaul their tax codes to treat e-cigarettes like tobacco products
Kyrgyzstan has agreed an excise tax amendment that will tax nicotine e-liquids and heated tobacco from 1st July
Ohio looks set be the next US state to raise the minimum purchasing age for e-cigarettes, from 18 to 21. It comes along with a budget proposal that would levy a hefty tax on vaping products
Reusable e-cigarettes and heated tobacco devices could soon be taxed in Russia for the first time as part of a review of the country’s taxation system
Various US jurisdictions have adopted new tax regimes or amended existing ones that treat e-cigs like tobacco products in order to fight youth uptake
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Jordan have decided to allow the sale of e-cigarettes, as Middle Eastern attitudes toward vaping shift
