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Report to the Honourable Marc Lalonde, Minister of Finance of the Task Force on Alcohol and Tobacco Indexation .: F32-7/1984E-PDF

"The excise taxes and duties on alcoholic beverages and tobacco products are expressed not as a percentage of sale price but rather as specific amounts per unit of product. With the objective of maintaining the real value of these taxes and duties, the Minister of Finance, in the October 1980 budget, announced the introduction of an indexing system which would automatically increase the excise levies on these products in accordance with movements in the respective CPI subgroups for alcoholic beverages and tobacco products. ..."--P.1.

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Publication information
Department/Agency
  • Canada. Department of Finance.
Collaborating author
  • Canada. Task Force on Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Indexation.
TitleReport to the Honourable Marc Lalonde, Minister of Finance of the Task Force on Alcohol and Tobacco Indexation .
Publication typeMonograph
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Finance Canada].
  • Issued also in French under title: Rapport à l'honorable Marc Lalonde, ministre des Finances, du Groupe de travail sur l'indexation des taxes sur les alcools et le tabac.
  • "April, 1984."
  • Chairman: D.D. Peters.
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : The Task Force, 1984.
Author / Contributor
  • Peters, Douglas D.,1930-
Description[42] p. in various pagings
Catalogue number
  • F32-7/1984E-PDF
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