18th February 2025
- Algeria: The General Directorate of Taxes has sent a clarification note to its regional directors at the state level, detailing the list of activities that are exempted from the single flat-rate tax, which includes the processing and distribution of tobacco, media reports. The single flat-rate tax is a simplified tax that combines the tax on professional activity, the value added tax (VAT) and the global income tax, and it is 5% for activities of production and sale of goods.
14th October 2024
- Algeria: The Finance Bill for the fiscal year 2025 has been presented to the parliament. Under the proposed bill, corporate entities producing oral tobacco will be subject to a tax on corporate profits at a rate of 20%. The tax on corporate profits is levied on the net profits of enterprises during the accounting period.
17th April 2023
Algeria: During an oral question session in the parliament, member of parliament (MP) Abdelkader Qouri asked the minister of industry and pharmaceutical production, Ali Aoun, about the strategies the ministry would adopt to combat illicit products on the market, and called for an amendment to the current tobacco regime to facilitate the manufacture and import processes of tobacco products. Aoun emphasised the need to combat tobacco use and said there are no plans to change the current regime.