Tobacco tax: Commission to make proposal by December

The Commission intends to present a proposal for the tobacco tax reform by the end of the year. This was announced by the Commission at the end of April at a meeting of the EU Council Working Group on Fiscal Affairs. Table.Media has received the wire report („Diplomatic Correspondence„) with which the Permanent Representation in Brussels informs the German Ministry of Finance about the contents of the meeting. It states: In response to questions from Austria and France on „dossiers in the field of indirect taxation, KOMM held out the prospect of a proposal on the revision of the Tobacco Tax Directive for the end of the year“.