Finance Act 2020

82Rates of tobacco products dutyU.K.

(1)In Schedule 1 to TPDA 1979 (table of rates of tobacco products duty), for the Table substitute—

1 Cigarettes

An amount equal to the higher of—

(a)

16.5% of the retail price plus £237.34 per thousand cigarettes, or

(b)

£305.23 per thousand cigarettes.

2 Cigars£296.04 per kilogram
3 Hand-rolling tobacco£253.33 per kilogram
4 Other smoking tobacco and chewing tobacco£130.16 per kilogram
5 Tobacco for heating£243.95 per kilogram

(2)The amendment made by this section is treated as having come into force at 6pm on 11 March 2020.