The draft law amending the Law on Excise Duties, adopted by the Government of Serbia, stipulates that all strong alcoholic beverages are taxed according to the percentage of pure alcohol measured at 20 degrees Celsius in the finished product, regardless of which raw materials are produced.
This equalizes the amount of excise duty for all these drinks in relation to the percentage of alcohol in them, instead of in relation to the raw material from which they are produced, so the amount of excise duty will not matter whether the drink is made from fruit, as is the case with brandy or cereals, which are the basic raw material for the production of whiskey.
Instead of the previous 136 dinars per liter, 185 dinars would be subsidized in the future for all spirits that contain 40 percent of alcohol.
According to these changes, the levies on domestic drinks such as brandy would be higher, which is why their price increase is expected, unlike imported drinks, such as whiskey, which should be cheaper due to lower levies.
Namely, the excise tax on fruit brandy now amounts to 136.62, so a new one of 185 dinars would represent an increase, while the situation with whiskey with the same alcohol content is completely different.
It now amounts to 348.17 dinars, which is significantly more than the new proposed excise tax.
Excise taxes on beer and other low-alcohol beverages, which contain between 1.2 percent and 15 percent alcohol, do not change and will be calculated per liter of beverage in the future.
The excise tax on beer will still amount to 26.44 dinars per liter, and on wines and other low-alcohol beverages 23.14 dinars per liter.
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