EDITORIAL: Tread carefully on tax

Overall tax due to government such as excise duty, VAT and corporate tax is likely to drop. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The Treasury should make a careful consideration before deciding to reduce the excise duty remission on sorghum from the current 80 percent to 60 percent.

While the government has always justified that increasing sin tax on commodities such as alcohol and cigarettes helps discourage consumption, the move will upset the war on illicit brews.

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