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Originally Posted by Derek S
I think its fairly easy. Have one level of duty for alcohol sold to be consumed on the premises and another (higher) level for alcohol sold to be consumed elsewhere.
Easy to enforce as most of the binge drinkers don't tend to buy in kegs of premium lager or bottles of wine.
If it becomes more appealing financially to drink in pubs/clubs they would benefit rather than the current climate of a few hours drinking in the house, a taxi to the club when already hammered and a taxi back for more drink and probably a fight.
Initially when this idea was floated in Scotland I was sceptical but the more I hear and the more I think about it I think its one of the few good ideas the Government has had recently.
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You say that about two tier taxes,but in my town we have three nightclubs presumably the two tier tax would not cover them,well they do 2 for 1 offers and cheap booze most nights in these clubs ,the teenagers and youngsters come out of them,and sorry to be so graphic at lunchtime,are sick over the pavement and urinate in the street and fight clearly they had bought the booze not in supermarkets but inside the clubs(our town centre has a alcohol ban in place which is enforced so no street drinking) ,they also use the local pubs to get tanked up in before the nightclubs open,why is it fair that me an adult of nearly 50 should be penalised for buying a few cans in a supermarket and anybody drinking in pubs clubs does not have to pay it highly unfair.
I hope the supermarkets do not let down thousands of responsible drinkers like myself down ,on the wim of a government policy and fight this in court as unfair competiton,clearly weather two tier or not any tax that makes one establishment charge more for its product then another is unfair.
