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Who pays the tab? The distributional effects of UK alcohol taxes
Alcohol tax is widely recognised as one of the most important instruments governments have to address harmful drinking. Yet increases in duty are often resisted...
Modelling the impact of alcohol duty policies since 2012 in England & Scotland
This report was commissioned in 2019 in order to estimate the impact of the UK Government’s decision in 2012/13 to abolish the alcohol duty escalator...
Pour decisions
This report explores the case for reforming alcohol duty in the United Kingdom, and the principles which should underpin a new, improved alcohol duty regime....
IAS Budget 2018 analysis
The rising affordability of alcohol
IAS response to Scottish Government consultation on the Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol
IAS Budget 2017 analysis
IAS response to HM Treasury Alcohol structures consultation
Cider duty in the Republic of Ireland
IAS Budget 2016 analysis
Dereliction of duty: Are UK alcohol taxes too low?
There are three standard reasons why governments tax alcohol: The UK Government estimates that externalities associated with alcohol cost England and Wales £21 billion every...
IAS response to the Review of existing legislation on the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages
IAS response to ‘Alcohol and the Public Purse’
The impact of abolishing the alcohol duty escalator
Key points This year’s Budget saw the Chancellor abolish the Alcohol Duty Escalator, after an intense lobbying campaign from sections of the drinks industry. In...
IAS response to Home Office consultation on locally set license fees
IAS analysis of responses to the Home Office Consultation on minimum pricing
In its analysis of submissions to the Alcohol Strategy Consultation, the Home Office stated that the majority of respondents opposed the policy proposal to introduce...
Is alcohol too cheap in the UK? The case for setting a Minimum Unit Price for alcohol
This paper offers a perspective on the research evidence for minimum pricing for alcohol as a public health measure from a country where this policy...
IAS response to call for evidence on Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill
Trends in the affordability of alcohol in Europe
Using the WHO Alcohol Control Database, the IAS has used the Big Mac index data to compute an affordability index measure for each country in...