Jonathan Isaby said:
“Politicians often talk about a ‘cost of living crisis’, but are slow to remember that the biggest cost of living for most people is the amount they pay in taxes. The tax on beer remains a perfect example of politicians unnecessarily hiking the cost of an evening out or the weekly shop – especially when you look at how heavily British drinkers are taxed compared with our European counterparts. We pay twelve times as much in beer duty as the Germans, for example, with nearly a third of what we pay for a pint going straight to the Chancellor.
“The cuts in beer duty at the last two Budgets have not only been welcome relief for already hard-pressed families, but also a huge boost for jobs in the hospitality sector. The figures show that overall tax revenues have actually increased as a result of the successive cuts, so there’s every reason for George Osborne to make it a hat trick of tax cuts when he presents his Budget next month.”
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