Excise tax up: From March 1, 2025, excise duty will increase tobacco productsThat is cigarettessmoking tobacco and cigars and cigarillos, drought tobacco and innovative products. That's not all. They will go up too alcohol prices. The increase in excise duty is intended, among other things, to: help government in patching the budget hole.
The price of cigarettes will increase: Later this year price of a pack of cigarettes exceeds PLN 20, and tobacco – PLN 78.19 per 100 grams. Excise duty on cigarettes, tobacco and innovative products is to systematically increase in three stages in 2025-2027. This year cigarette rate will increase by 25%, in 2026 by 20% and in 2027 by another 15%. In addition, a higher excise tax will also apply to products related to heated tobacco products from March.
Alcohol is also up: According to the government's plan, the price of a pack of cigarettes is to increase by approximately PLN 2.7-3.1 each year – within 3 years they may become more expensive by almost PLN 10. 5% since March. excise duty on alcohol will also increase. The excise tax for 0.5 liter of vodka will amount to PLN 16 – almost PLN 80 more than last year. The price of beer may increase by 3 groszy, wine by 10 groszy, and vodka – by 1 zloty.
Budget revenues: In 2023, due to excise duty to the state budget Nearly PLN 85 billion was received. In this amount, excise tax on tobacco products amounted to over PLN 27.5 billion, and on alcoholic beverages – PLN 14.1 billion. In addition, there was approximately PLN 1 billion in excise duty on raw tobacco and innovative products and over PLN 440 million on liquid for electric cigarettes.
See also: Read more about the increases in 2025 in the text entitled: “A wave of price increases is coming. More expensive cigarettes and alcohol, higher property and dog taxes”.
Sources: Business InsiderGazeta.pl.