Taxation & illicit trade study to encounter TI arguments

Taxation & illicit trade study to encounter TI arguments

Our research study report in November 2018 to assess the volume of sale of illicit cigarette brands in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and test the recent claims mostly made by the tobacco industry that the market share of illicit brands in Pakistan has risen exponentially due to high tobacco taxe...

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Main Author: Qamar Goraya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2019-03-01
Series:Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
Subjects:
taxation
cigarette brands
Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tpc/,105154,0,2.html
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spelling doaj-d5560303313a4a4785447045d91efb0a2020-11-25T00:15:59ZengEuropean PublishingTobacco Prevention and Cessation2459-30872019-03-015Supplement10.18332/tpc/105154105154Taxation & illicit trade study to encounter TI argumentsQamar Goraya0Tobacco Control Cell, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, PakistanOur research study report in November 2018 to assess the volume of sale of illicit cigarette brands in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and test the recent claims mostly made by the tobacco industry that the market share of illicit brands in Pakistan has risen exponentially due to high tobacco taxes and now stands at 43.7% percent of the total cigarette market, on the base of this data, in 2017-18 Government introduce 3rd Tier of low tax rate. We conducted a House Hold survey to quantify the burden of illicit trade in ICT to encounter the TI claim. Our evidence base findings reveal the illicit trade is 15.8 % .The study also shows that the TI has shifted her brands into 3rd tier which has 80% market share, in result 50% decrease in revenue & increase in consumption.http://www.journalssystem.com/tpc/,105154,0,2.htmltaxationcigarette brands
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Taxation & illicit trade study to encounter TI arguments
Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
taxation
cigarette brands
author_facet Qamar Goraya
author_sort Qamar Goraya
title Taxation & illicit trade study to encounter TI arguments
title_short Taxation & illicit trade study to encounter TI arguments
title_full Taxation & illicit trade study to encounter TI arguments
title_fullStr Taxation & illicit trade study to encounter TI arguments
title_full_unstemmed Taxation & illicit trade study to encounter TI arguments
title_sort taxation & illicit trade study to encounter ti arguments
publisher European Publishing
series Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
issn 2459-3087
publishDate 2019-03-01
description Our research study report in November 2018 to assess the volume of sale of illicit cigarette brands in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and test the recent claims mostly made by the tobacco industry that the market share of illicit brands in Pakistan has risen exponentially due to high tobacco taxes and now stands at 43.7% percent of the total cigarette market, on the base of this data, in 2017-18 Government introduce 3rd Tier of low tax rate. We conducted a House Hold survey to quantify the burden of illicit trade in ICT to encounter the TI claim. Our evidence base findings reveal the illicit trade is 15.8 % .The study also shows that the TI has shifted her brands into 3rd tier which has 80% market share, in result 50% decrease in revenue & increase in consumption.
topic taxation
cigarette brands
url http://www.journalssystem.com/tpc/,105154,0,2.html
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