70. Amendment of Schedule 2 to Finance Act 2005 (rates of tobacco products tax)
The Finance Act 2005 is amended with effect as on and from 2 October 2024 by the substitution of the following Schedule for Schedule 2:
"SCHEDULE 2 RATES OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX
(With effect as on and from 2 October 2024)
Description of Product |
Rate of Tax |
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Cigarettes …. …. …. …. |
Rate of tax at - (a) except where paragraph (b) applies, €463.62 per thousand together with an amount equal to 8.97 per cent of the price at which the cigarettes are sold by retail, or (b) €515.20 per thousand in respect of cigarettes sold by retail where the rate of tax would be less than that rate had the rate been calculated in accordance with paragraph (a). |
Cigars …. …. …. …. |
Rate of tax at €522.330 per kilogram. |
Fine-cut tobacco for the rolling of cigarettes …. …. …. …. |
Rate of tax at €502.511 per kilogram. |
Other smoking tobacco …. …. …. …. |
Rate of tax at €362.369 per kilogram. |
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