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Friday, August 18, 2023

Tax Cut 39, Tobacco tax rates and illicit trade


This is my short presentation last August 2.





 

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See also:
Tax Cut 36, WTA's Asian Taxpayers regional forum 2022, October 06, 2022
Tax Cut 37, Marginal tax rate, June 19, 2023
Tax Cut 38, My paper in 2021 about tobacco taxes and smuggling, June 29, 2023.

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