The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has proposed that dietary foods with spirit content of 8.5 percent and more be considered alcohol and set the excise duty for such products at the level of the excise duty for vodka.
The proposal is stipulated in the government’s draft law on
amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine and some laws regarding the
improvement of certain clauses, which has been registered in the
Ukrainian parliament (No. 4309A).
Now the excise duty on spirit, spirit distillates and alcohol is Hr 70.53 per liter of 100 percent spirit.
The government also proposed that the excise labels are to be introduced for the said products.
According to the Ukrainian classification of goods in international
trade, the said measures will apply to aromatic flavoring bitters and
various types of syrups.
As reported, the Ukrainian parliament on April 10 supported the
increase in excise duties on fortified alcohol from July 1, 2014 instead
of Sept. 1, 2014. The rates for spirit, spirit distillates and
alcohol will be increased from Hr 56.42 to Hr 70.53 per liter of 100 percent
spirit.
