Booze tax increase as of today

[timewilltell]

Excise tax on beer is going up 3 - 7 baht a bottle and wine taxes also up significantly, 10 fold based on alcohol content from 100 baht to 1000 baht per liter of alcohol content.

Taxes are also increased based on retail value over 600 baht for when subject to duty of 36%. This will make boxed wine significantly dearer unless I am reading it wrong.

The tax is also to affect liquor but I could find no details on how much Johnnie Walker Black label would be additionally taxed.

Anyone know if Kittirat has exempted JW because all the higher ups drink it?

Looks like the corruption in the rice scheme is looking for payback. And Thais think corruption doesn't really affect hem?

[benalibina]

All for healtier lifestyle. Why many think that Thai government does not care about its citizens, baffles me.

[NeverToReturn]

What i can never understand about alcohol pricing in Thailand is that no matter where you go the price of say Heineken, Chang and Singha is pretty much the same no matter where you go.

Everywhere else in the world that's got a nation full of drunks like for example Scotland the price can vary by 100% from one off licence to the next.

[KittenKong]

What i can never understand about alcohol pricing in Thailand is that no matter where you go the price of say Heineken, Chang and Singha is pretty much the same no matter where you go.

On a general note, most prices for most things tend to be very similar everywhere because most commerce in Thailand runs on a protectionist cartel system which discourages real competition, and alcohol is no exception to this.

That said:

Can of Chang in 7/11: 30B

Same can in Central: 26B

Same can in Makro (in large packs): 22.5B

[webfact]

Thailand: Alcohol excise taxes raised

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/665571-thailand-alcohol-excise-taxes-raised/

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