The Court of Auditors pleads for a tax on sugary products

2023-07-27 17:47:51

Posted Jul 27, 2023 at 12:35 p.m.Updated Jul 27, 2023 at 5:47 p.m.

The decision seems made. The increase in taxes on alcohol should be included in the finance bill for 2024. This track was one of the recommendations of a report by the Court of Auditors in 2016: excise duties in order to help reduce risky consumption”.

In a note this Thursday, the Compulsory Levies Council (CPO), attached to the Court, now recommends broadening the scope of nutritional taxation by adjusting, in the short term, the existing system on drinks and by creating, at a more distant horizon, taxes on “products containing sugar or additives harmful to health”.