49. Rates of tobacco products tax.
The Finance Act 2005 is amended with effect as on and from 6 December 2012 by substituting the following for Schedule 2 to that Act (as amended by section 69 of the Finance Act 2012):
"Schedule 2 Rates of Tobacco Products Tax
(With effect as on and from 6 December 2012)
Description of Product |
Rate of Tax |
|
---|---|---|
Cigarettes |
Rate of tax at - |
|
(a) |
except where paragraph (b) applies, €237.69 per thousand together with an amount equal to 8.83 per cent of the price at which the cigarettes are sold by retail, or |
|
(b) |
€271.91 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 €275.342 per kilogram. |
|
Fine-cut tobacco for the rolling of cigarettes |
Rate of tax at €248.608 per kilogram. |
|
Other smoking tobacco |
Rate of tax at €191.022 per kilogram. |
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