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Sweden defers review of tax policy on liquor to next yearSweden defers review of tax policy on liquor to next year
15-Oct-2004
SWEDEN. The Swedish government will review its liquor tax policy next year, DFNI has learned. The policy was to be re-examined this year but, in the recently announced budget for 2005, the government deferred a decision until the 2006 budget
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State-owned liquor monopoly Systembolaget is known to favour a reduction in duties to bring Sweden more in line with other Scandinavian countries and EU members. The European Commission (EC) has
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