Saving Lives While Raising Revenue : Opportunities in Brazil’s Reform of Indirect Taxes to Improve Tobacco, Alcohol, and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) Excise Taxes (English)

Taxes and prices of tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in Brazil are low compared to international peers. The ongoing landmark reform of indirect taxes (PLP 68/2024 and forthcoming Ordinary Law) provides an excellent opportunity to put in place well-designed excise taxes on tobacco, alcohol and SSBs. If well implemented, reforms of the tax structure and increases in tax rates can make them more effective at...

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Author

Norman Maldonado;

Evan Harold Blecher;

Cornelius Fleischhaker;
Document Date
2024/10/10
Document Type
Report
Report Number
193957
Volume No
1
Country
Brazil,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2024/10/09
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Saving Lives While Raising Revenue : Opportunities in Brazil’s Reform of Indirect Taxes to Improve Tobacco, Alcohol, and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) Excise Taxes

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Norman Maldonado; Evan Harold Blecher; Cornelius Fleischhaker.

Saving Lives While Raising Revenue : Opportunities in Brazil’s Reform of Indirect Taxes to Improve Tobacco, Alcohol, and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) Excise Taxes (English). Global Tax Program Health Taxes Knowledge Note Series;no. 6 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099055110092499538

Saving Lives While Raising Revenue : Opportunities in Brazil’s Reform of Indirect Taxes to Improve Tobacco, Alcohol, and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) Excise Taxes (English)

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