Alcohol duty is progressive. Why is everyone blithely asserting a sugar tax would be regressive?http://waitingfortax.com/2015/10/21/some-tentative-thoughts-on-a-sugar-tax/ …
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@sarahwprior give that woman a prize.
@JolyonMaugham @sarahwprior Alcohol tax not a tax on C2H6O but on 'wine' etc.. tho whereas sugar tax (presumably) would be tax on C12H22O11?
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@MForstater@JolyonMaugham@sarahwprior Why? Good sugar and bad sugar. Fizzy drink not comparable to e.g. fruit cake for nutritional value. -
@AislingTax@MForstater@sarahwprior alcohol tax is a tax on alcohol by volume - bears no relationship to price. - 4 more replies
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