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Wednesday, 26 May 2004
Page: 29297


Ms Plibersek asked the Treasurer, upon notice, on 23 March 2004:

How much revenue does the Government collect from the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products.


Mr Costello (Treasurer) —The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

According to the most recent published Taxation Statistics, the ATO collected $4.840 billion in excise duty on tobacco products in financial year 2001-02. For financial year 2000-01, the excise duty collected on tobacco products amounted to $4.698 billion. In the 2003 Budget papers, tobacco excise duty for financial year 2002-03 was estimated at $5.140 billion.

Tobacco products are also subject to the goods and services tax (GST), revenue from which goes to the States. No information is available on the GST collected specifically on tobacco products.