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PART 5U.K.Other taxes

Tobacco products dutyU.K.

77Rates of tobacco products dutyU.K.

(1)In Schedule 1 to TDPA 1979 (table of rates of tobacco products duty), for the Table substitute—

TABLE
1 Cigarettes

An amount equal to the higher of—

(a)

16.5% of the retail price plus £262.90 per thousand cigarettes, or

(b)

£347.86 per thousand cigarettes.

2 Cigars£327.92 per kilogram
3 Hand-rolling tobacco£302.34 per kilogram
4 Other smoking tobacco and chewing tobacco£144.17 per kilogram
5 Tobacco for heating£270.22 per kilogram.

(2)In consequence of the provision made by subsection (1), in Schedule 2 to the Travellers’ Allowances Order 1994 (which provides in certain circumstances for a simplified calculation of excise duty on goods brought into Great Britain)—

(a)in the entry relating to cigarettes, for “£320.90” substitute “£347.86”,

(b)in the entry relating to hand rolling tobacco, for “£271.40” substitute “£302.34”,

(c)in the entry relating to other smoking tobacco and chewing tobacco, for “£134.24” substitute “£144.17”,

(d)in the entry relating to cigars, for “£305.32” substitute “£327.92”,

(e)in the entry relating to cigarillos, for “£305.32” substitute “£327.92”, and

(f)in the entry relating to tobacco for heating, for “£75.48” substitute “£81.07”.

(3)The amendments made by this section are treated as having come into force at 6pm on 27 October 2021.