Vladislav Zaslavsky, Head of the Department of Digital Marking of Goods at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said that the department is ready to expand the digital excise tax to include beer and sugary drinks. He announced this at a roundtable at the Federation Council, reports TASS.
We declare that we are ready to scale up such projects for beer, beer beverages and fresh water subject to labeling.”
According to him, excise duty has already been imposed on all types of tobacco products.
Former Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation developed draft law on the introduction of state regulation of methanol production and turnover.
Turnover is now controlled within the framework of the Unified State Automatic Accounting System for Ethyl Alcohol Production and Turnover (EGAIS).
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, this measure will help establish a system for recording production volumes as well as the sale and use of methanol on the market.