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Estonia HTP and nic pouch excise tax set to increase in 2025 ...
Serbia HTP tax to rise in January 2025 and again in July 2025 ...
Russia New tax in force for heated tobacco consumables from 1st January ...
Russia New minimum sales price for heated tobacco to come into force in January ...
Belarus New tax rates in January for heated tobacco and nic pouches ...
Germany Heated tobacco tax to increase from 1st January ...
Bulgaria Tax rates for tobacco substitutes and heated tobacco to rise in January ...
Switzerland Tax on heated tobacco, snus and nicotine pouches to rise in January ...
Hungary Tax rises on HTPs, herbal heated sticks and nic pouches in January ...
Iceland Nicotine pouch excise duty to come into force 1st January ...
Indonesia Minimum retail price of HTPs and nic pouches to increase in January ...

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20th December 2024: The alerts service will be closed from 20th December 2024, resuming on 7th January 2025. Wishing you a happy holiday period from everyone at TobaccoIntelligence.
20th December 2024: Estonia: Following amendments approved and passed in June 2023, the current tax rate for heated tobacco products (HTPs) and nicotine pouches, set at €112.40 per kg, will increase to €118 per kg in 2025.
20th December 2024: Serbia: Following the implementation of a new e-excise system, from 1st January 2025, the tax rate per package of heated tobacco products (HTPs) will be increased by RSD1.50 (€0.013), and again by the same amount in July. The excise duty on heated tobacco per package will therefore be RDS95.73 (€0.82) from 1st January, and RSD97.23 (€0.83) from 1st July.
20th December 2024: Russia: According to the tax law amendment, heated tobacco consumables will be taxed at a rate of RUB9,807 (€90) per kg from 1st January 2025. Additionally, nicotine raw materials will be taxed at a rate of RUB2.20 (€0.02) per mg from 1st January 2025.
20th December 2024: Russia: From 1st January 2025, the minimum selling price for 1 g of heated tobacco will be RUB22 (€0.20).
20th December 2024: Belarus: According to the tax law amendment, from 1st January 2025, the tax rate per kg will be BYN370.01 (€108) for heated tobacco consumables and BYN102.51 (€30) for nicotine pouches.
20th December 2024: Germany: Heated tobacco tax consists of pipe tobacco tax plus an additional tax, which is calculated based on traditional cigarettes and pipe tobacco. The tax rate for pipe tobacco will increase to €2.15 from 1st January 2025.
20th December 2024: Bulgaria: In December 2022, the parliament approved a bill to amend the Law on Excise and Tax Warehouses that gradually increases the excise duty for heated tobacco consumables until 2026. Heated tobacco will be taxed at BGN380 (€194) per kg from 2025 and tax on “tobacco substitutes containing nicotine” will increase to BGN105 (€54) per kg from 1st January 2025.
20th December 2024: Switzerland: Heated tobacco tax will increase from 12% to 16% of the retail price. Tax on snus and nicotine pouches will increase from 6% to 10% of the retail price. These changes correspond to an increase of about CHF0.40 (€0.42) per retail unit. The new taxes will take effect on 1st January 2025.
20th December 2024: Hungary: New excise rates for heated tobacco products (HTPs), herbal heated sticks and nicotine pouches will enter into force on 1st January 2025, following the publication of amendments to the Excise Duty Law in November 2024. For HTPs and herbal heated sticks, the applicable excise duty will increase from HUF35 (€0.08) per stick to HUF38 (€0.09) per stick. For nicotine pouches, the tax will increase from HUF25,960 (€63) per kg to HUF28,060 (€68) per kg.
20th December 2024: Iceland: An excise duty for nicotine pouches will be introduced starting 1st January 2025, following the publication in November 2024 of the law amending various laws on taxes and fees. Instead of introducing a flat rate as initially proposed, the rate will finally be based on nicotine content. Therefore, nicotine pouches containing between 1 mg/g and 8 mg/g of nicotine will be taxed at ISK8 (€0.06) per g of product, pouches containing between 8.1 mg/g and 12 mg/g of nicotine will be taxed at ISK12 (€0.08) per g of product, pouches containing between 12.1 mg/g and 16 mg/g of nicotine will be taxed at ISK15 (€0.10) per g of product, and pouches containing between 16.1 mg/g and 20 mg/g of nicotine will be taxed at ISK20 (€0.14) per g of product.
20th December 2024: Belgium: Starting 1st January 2025, the sale of tobacco products, tobacco-related products and e-cigarettes in temporary points-of-sale will be prohibited.

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