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Home » Background » Will alcohol and cigarettes become more expensive in Thailand?
Lately there have been quite a few reports on social media in Thailand about rumors that the Thai government wants to make alcohol and cigarettes extremely expensive. There was even talk of an increase of up to 100%.
The English-language newspaper The Nation found out and explains fiction and truth in a video, which you can see below.
Video: Are liquor and cigarettes getting more expensive in Thailand?
Watch the video here:
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ0jBuFMMNo[/embedyt]
No problem for us, we are only an hour's drive from Laos (Savannakhet). Always stock up on cheap booze there. But we are waiting to see how high that excise duty increase will be.
I'm afraid that a lot of illegally fired lau kau will come onto the market
http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/news/excise-department-plan-alcohol-tax-increase-of-up-to-150/
Cigarettes have already been increased…and now booze.
So yes. But takes a while. And everything here takes a long time, and if it would be that long, then hopefully there will be a government that realizes that this policy and getting more tourism are at odds with each other. A government that does think about the public interest…
The poor who work for 300 baht a day and whose only bright spot is that drink at the end of the day, can (and then, I fear very much) riot about this again (give the people bread and circuses)…. .this is going to cause problems. Amazing Thailand.
and who will be most affected: The poor in this country. Nonsensical measure encourages evasion. Just as stupid idea to increase the VAT 1%. That affects the poor and the rich don't care. Better a system with multiple VAT percentages of daily groceries 0%, convenience items 6%, luxury items 18% and items such as jewellery, gold, tobacco and alcohol - 10% with 25% VAT. Enables better living conditions for the poor, the middle class (if any) and the rich.
That something should be done about the excessive alcohol consumption and its excesses, which we are allowed to experience every day, should not sound unreasonable to any sane person. The weak person and alcohol abuse is sickly present and a lot of suffering on the news and painfully true in the annual figures. How can you set limits here. One of the thoughts is to raise the price, but like all drugs it cannot be eradicated and so much suffering will be shared with us. More is needed to keep people in line. Especially with a large group of Thai people who can never keep pace. In addition, a lot is earned and business is booming. So as long as the supply and demand mechanism is as it is, I am afraid that I will not be able to observe any positive change and it will continue to be business as usual.
The rich don't need protection, but get it anyway and also showers in the bargain.
What's wrong with a minimum tax increase for the highest incomes?
But don't make the mistake of calling this a Thai affair. I see this kind of weird, inverted 'logic' in many other countries.
Frankly, the price of alcohol is already ridiculously high, even compared to the Netherlands, let alone Germany. Yet another reason for the tourist to move to Cambodia or Vietnam.
For the local population it means an even further flight in (illegal) lao-kao, if the often jointly bought cheap bottle of whiskey can no longer be afforded. As a result, more Thai people with expensive liver abnormalities, and perhaps even more drunkenness in traffic.
Ultimately, I think that the Thai government is financially cutting itself into the fingers, in my province the smuggling from Cambodia is already gigantic.