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Estonia not to impose sweetened beverage tax in 2018
BC, Tallinn, 15.09.2017.Print version
The Estonian government, which at a Cabinet sitting on Thursday evening agreed about the state budget for 2018, has decided that no sweetened beverage tax will be introduced in 2018, informs LETA/BNS.
"We also agreed that since very many questions have been raised and
disputes started in relation to the sweetened products tax, and we need to
obtain clarity when it comes to state aid, we do not count with income from the
sweetened products tax in 2018," Finance Minister Toomas Toniste told the
evening news of ETV television.
The state budget for 2018 will be the first state budget of Estonia to
surpass 10 billion euros.
It is planned to submit the 2018 state budget bill to the parliament on
Sept. 27.