SA’s new smoking tax is taking effect today

From Thursday, 1 June 2023, nicotine-substitute solutions, including vaping products, will be included in the tax net with a flat excise duty rate of R2.90/ml.

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Excise duty on vaping tobacco products has been in the pipeline for a while.

According to the South African Revenue Service (SARS) website, Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana announced in the 2022 budget speech that excise duty on vaping tobacco products would be introduced.

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SARS said that the forms which govern Tobacco Product Excise had been amended to account for vaping products.

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As reported by The South African website, manufacturers of these products were required to apply for and obtain licenses for their manufacturing premises in respect of such products with SARS before 1 June 2023 and to submit their first excise duty account by 28 July 2023.

For more information, see the letter to Traders

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