Reducing Tobacco Use Through Taxation in the Russian Federation : A Modelled Assessment of Two Policy Options

This report presents results of the modelling exercise in terms of excise tax increases for the period 2018–2021, including average excise tax and revenue mobilization options; it also compares the tobacco excise tax already included in the country...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/873551539183125023/Reducing-Tobacco-Use-Through-Taxation-in-the-Russian-Federation-A-Modelled-Assessment-of-Two-Policy-Options
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30612
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Summary:This report presents results of the modelling exercise in terms of excise tax increases for the period 2018–2021, including average excise tax and revenue mobilization options; it also compares the tobacco excise tax already included in the country's current tax code with that necessary to achieve proposed EU minimum rates by 2021 (Minimum EU excise tax rates scenario).