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2025-04-04 15:43:03 +02:00

Anelda

No I do not

The Discussion Document as a whole

2025-04-03 06:23:36 +02:00

Tabitha

No I do not

Health impact

We should be rewarding any attempts to decrease alcohol consumption.
It is a carcinogen and is highly addictive.

2025-04-02 18:25:26 +02:00

Ada

No I do not

Other

South African are one of the highest taxed societies in the world and we do not see the benefits of the extra tax, other than Government wasteful expenditure such as street name changes. This proposed tax system is pointless - compare the costs of implementing and monitoring it to the actual taxes gained and it will be a net loss to the fiscus. Rather spend the money in water management instead of trying to be ‘wise guys’ with intricate, pointless labour intensive dreamworld schemes which keeps our government bloated with unnecessary ‘schemes’ to provide jobs for buddies.

2025-03-20 08:17:49 +02:00

Aeiden

No I do not

The Discussion Document as a whole

As has been shown in many other countries around the world, increasing taxation does not reduce alchoholism, Improving quality of life and access to mental health does. This government play at been puritans, trying to force their values on everyone else while filling thwir pockets at our expense

2025-03-19 17:24:45 +02:00

Shantele

No I do not

The Discussion Document as a whole

2025-03-19 11:48:20 +02:00

Ken

No I do not

The Discussion Document as a whole

Why are they changing everything in this country, must we really be taxed to death. And for what, there is no improvement in any sector of our country, so what are we doing with the tax money, payments for SASSA GRANTS to millions,fix our water, roads, electricity, the whole infrastructure is rotten and nobody cares. ??

2025-03-19 10:42:17 +02:00

Claudine

Yes I do

No concern

Could they do the same for low/no alcohol beers? They are often more expensive.

2025-03-09 09:28:55 +02:00

Johan

No I do not

Effectiveness of increasing taxes to reduce consumption

2025-03-07 16:00:36 +02:00

Annalize

Yes I do

No concern

Pushing up taxes on alcohol puts money back into the system as drinkers will not drink less and good citizens will not have to pay more on other taxes.

2025-03-06 19:10:12 +02:00

Marla

Yes I do

Illicit Trade in Alcoholic Beverages

Alcohol only causes serious health issues and death of innocent people.

My view is that all alcohol should be taxed and controlled heavily.

2025-03-05 22:50:40 +02:00

Ananda

Not fully

Effectiveness of increasing taxes to reduce consumption

What is the point of the 'bands'? Are they supposed to make people drink less? There certainly wouldn't be a huge jump 'back' to now drink drinks that may benefit from lower taxation due to alcohol content. Drinkers will drink their normal tipple, and then do no taxation on low alcohol wines that is low alcohol. As an aside, I wonder if there is no taxation on non-alcoholic beers, and if not why now. If it's not based on containing or not containing alcohol, that should be looked at as units in the banding. Every band starting with 0% alcohol, gets applied a different rate according the percentage. For example (1-4.5% is one band.. and so on and so on. There will only be about 3/4 bands in total in the end.
What about low alcohol beer? Are they in different bands, or is it one taxation for all of them?

2025-03-05 21:14:05 +02:00

G.

No I do not

The Discussion Document as a whole

2025-03-05 13:17:21 +02:00

Susan

Yes I do

The Discussion Document as a whole

Tax alcohol 100% as its not life preservation needed like food, water.

2025-03-05 12:05:08 +02:00

Mike

No I do not

The Discussion Document as a whole

I do not support this bill.

2025-03-04 17:42:05 +02:00

James

No I do not

Other

Raising taxes on addictive substances does nothing to curb consumption. All the smokers and drinkers I grew up with, and met along the way, all still smoke and drink. Only a small number quit their addictions for health concerns, it had nothing to do with the price. The only people interested in raising taxes on addictive substances are in government.