30 cents/pack more expensive: smokers bring the state 2.7 billion euros:
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Austria Collects €2.7 Billion From SmokersTobacco tax generated about €2.1 billion in 2023; including value-added tax, state revenues reached €2.7 billion.
Key FactsJan 5, 2024 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- According to JTI Austria, tobacco-tax revenue stagnated despite cigarette prices rising by about 30 cents per pack.
- The weighted average price of a pack rose from €5.502 to €5.77.
- A total of 12.6 billion cigarettes were smoked in 2023, representing a moderate volume decline from 2022, JTI Austria said.
- Cigarettes not taxed in Austria represented 11.6 percent of the market; the resulting tax loss was estimated at €285 million.
as an indicator of reform needs in the coming years— Ralf Wolfgang Lothert, Member of the Management Board of JTI Austria, commenting on tax revenues and reform needs
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