Excise Duties and VAT: Tobacco
(asked on 5th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much excise duty and VAT the Government collected from the sale of tobacco products in each financial year since 2018-19.
Data regarding receipts for tobacco duty can be found in the publication HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK. Refer to column Y in the statistics table.
An extract is provided below showing Tobacco duties since 2018 to 2019. Figures are in £millions.
Financial year | Tobacco Duties (£m) |
2018 to 2019 | 9,290 |
2019 to 2020 | 8,804 |
2020 to 2021 | 9,964 |
2021 to 2022 | 10,278 |
With regards to VAT receipts on tobacco products, the information is not available. HMRC does not hold information on VAT revenue from specific products or services, including VAT on tobacco products. This is because businesses are not required to provide figures at a product level within their VAT returns, as this would impose an excessive administrative burden.