The falling relative costs of alcohol and sugary drinks are fuelling a rise in diseases, alcoholism, and injuries worldwide, ...

The government has restored excise duty on cigarettes and introduced a machine-capacity cess on pan masala to curb evasion, ...

The tax will apply to ready-to-drink beverages as well as concentrates, powders, gels, extracts and other forms that can be ...

As the Union Budget 2026 approaches, JM Financial is expecting a possible increase in excise duty on petrol and diesel, a key ...

The alcohol industry has warned that excessive tax increases risk pushing consumers towards illicit alcohol, which carries ...

The new extra charges on tobacco products and pan masala will be levied on top of the recently revamped Goods and Sevices Tax ...

Telangana Excise Minister, Jupally Krishna Rao, said there are no proposals to give permission to elite bars or increase wine ...

For tobacco pouches priced up to Rs 2, excise output will be deemed at 1.12–3.36 crore pouches a month based on machine speed, with faster machines assessed through a multiplier formula tied to ...

ZATCA clarified that the new system fully replaces the existing model, which applied a fixed 50 per cent excise tax based on ...

The proposal, which could be put to state voters in November, is a novel bid to extract more from the state’s ultra-wealthy, ...

Ohio’s attorney general has rejected activists’ referendum petition to block parts of a restrictive marijuana and hemp law ...