I move:
(1) THAT for the purposes of the tax charged by virtue of section 72 of the Finance Act 2005 (No. 5 of 2005), that Act is amended, with effect as on and from 7 December 2006, by substituting the following for Schedule 2 to that Act:
"SCHEDULE 2
|
Description of Product |
Rate of Duty |
|
Cigarettes .... .... .... ..... ..... |
€151.37 per thousand together with an amount equal to 17.78 per cent of the price at which the cigarettes are sold by retail |
|
Cigars .... .... .... .... .... .... .... |
€217.388 per kilogram |
|
Fine-cut tobacco for the rolling of cigarettes .... .... |
€183.443 per kilogram. |
|
Other smoking tobacco .... .... |
€150.815 per kilogram |
".
(2) IT is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution shall have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1927 (No. 7 of 1927).
Financial Resolution No. 3 agreed to.
