Proposed tax hike on Cider

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Assuming that we accept alcohol should be taxed (let's not have that discussion though) what is wrong with the proposal?


proposes a rationalised alcohol tax system based on a volumetric tax across all alcohol products that taxes drinks based on their alcohol content.
Seems fair to me. Also fixes the complaints many have re: beer taxation vs wine taxation.
 
As someone who is looking seriously at starting a cidery... I jolly well hope not.
 
The distilled spirits industry has argued traditional ciders are robbing its market on the back of the massive price advantage they enjoy. It argues that to consumers, ciders and pre-mixed spirits are the same, contain the same level of alcohol and should therefore be treated the same by the Tax Office.
FFS!

Ok.. may be true of shitty strongbow but for a craft cider? FFS!
 
My late Dad had a full career in the UK Police as a bobby on the beat, then later a member of a sort of SWAT team and then he eased back to just pursuit driving on motorways. He also had distinct views on the emerging "Nanny State" in the UK.

On his only visit to Australia his comments were, My God this is a REAL police state.......and we only think we have a Nanny State in Britain.

:huh: :huh: :huh:

Edit: well at least they can't ban Aldi apple juice, and cider yeast will be held at secure, secret safe houses for redistribution to the faithful of the underground cider cells.
 
So when cask wine - the choice of the poor - is $40 that's food the kid's won't be getting? Alcohol abuse (like other addictions) arises because of the miserable conditions of many peoples' lives. Instead of taxing and raising revenue on misery, maybe society should be fixed first. For example, with all its faults I don't see American society suffering from the likes of schoolies, Kings Cross or Fortitude Valley on Saturday nights - and their taxes are minuscule compared to ours.

There, thread derailed


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Bribie G said:
So when cask wine - the choice of the poor - is $40 that's food the kid's won't be getting? Alcohol abuse (like other addictions) arises because of the miserable conditions of many peoples' lives. Instead of taxing and raising revenue on misery, maybe society should be fixed first. For example, with all its faults I don't see American society suffering from the likes of schoolies, Kings Cross or Fortitude Valley on Saturday nights - and their taxes are minuscule compared to ours.

There, thread derailed


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Alcohol is a poison that costs our health system millions. Without taxes, how do we fund it?
 
DrSmurto said:
Alcohol is a poison that costs our health system millions. Without taxes, how do we fund it?
This is never a question a country with universal health care should ask itself. Even America is finally seeing the foolishness of it's ways.

But that's not what the issue is here - the issue is unbalanced taxation. Personally, I love the Nanny State - the alternatives are hideous. The general public as a whole can seriously not be left to run their own shit ... over 50% of the general public are down-right idiots that really should not be issued a licence to breed.

I've lived in countries where it's a free-for-all and they are awful places with massive income disparity, people on the streets, and in some cases borderline martial law.

Gimme the Nanny any day. Leftwing? Me? Hell yes.

All alcoholic drinks should be taxed on their alcohol content and nothing else.
 
Nick JD said:
This is never a question a country with universal health care should ask itself. Even America is finally seeing the foolishness of it's ways.

But that's not what the issue is here - the issue is unbalanced taxation. Personally, I love the Nanny State - the alternatives are hideous. The general public as a whole can seriously not be left to run their own shit ... over 50% of the general public are down-right idiots that really should not be issued a licence to breed.

I've lived in countries where it's a free-for-all and they are awful places with massive income disparity, people on the streets, and in some cases borderline martial law.

Gimme the Nanny any day. Leftwing? Me? Hell yes.

All alcoholic drinks should be taxed on their alcohol content and nothing else.
A volumetric tax is what exactly?
 
Nick JD said:
This is never a question a country with universal health care should ask itself. Even America is finally seeing the foolishness of it's ways.

But that's not what the issue is here - the issue is unbalanced taxation. Personally, I love the Nanny State - the alternatives are hideous. The general public as a whole can seriously not be left to run their own shit ... over 50% of the general public are down-right idiots that really should not be issued a licence to breed.

I've lived in countries where it's a free-for-all and they are awful places with massive income disparity, people on the streets, and in some cases borderline martial law.

Gimme the Nanny any day. Leftwing? Me? Hell yes.
I'm intrigued by your melding of eugenics and submission.
Do you have a blog I can subscribe to?
 
Dave70 said:
I'm intrigued by your melding of eugenics and submission.
Do you have a blog I can subscribe to?

www.SelfishSocialistSociety.com.au :D
 
DrSmurto said:
A volumetric tax is what exactly?
Oh, I'm agreeing with you Doc - just doing it in that annoying way I always do where it sounds like I'm not.
 
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."

Winston Churchill
 
pommiebloke said:
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."

Winston Churchill
I'm no advocating socialism, but I do believe that a touch of socialism is essential for a smooth running capitalist economy. Otherwise you're America.
 
Growing up in Winston's UK after the War, I didn't have to buy even a pencil to get through school, and the first time I actually paid for a medical service was to get a chest X ray to accompany my Aussie visa application when I was 27.

Back on topic, the cider (scrumpy from the hand pump) was 1s 3d when beer was 2s 6d. (one and thruppence, two and sixpence).

No contest.
 
Hey one point that hasn't been raised, if the party kids suddenly go onto Merlot or Shiraz to pre-load on a Friday, will the Distillers Chemical Brothers then demand that wines be taxed as RTDs?
 
They're proposing that everything be taxed under a blanked taxation scheme.
 
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