Phew - no income tax increases in the next budget!

[d000hg]

Exactly! The decent stuff is still priced normally and the gut rot now costs an extra 50p. A resounding success.

If it's only 50p, you weren't buying the proper cheap stuff.

[ladymuck]

Technically I believe there is level in England but not called a MUP. You cannot sell is below the level of alcohol duty plus VAT so we also have a minimum price. Betcha didn't know that baby

I did but that is subtly different to a min price per unit

[northernladuk]

There is a minimum price per unit in Scotland but it doesn't make a huge difference to the price

Technically I believe there is level in England but not called a MUP. You cannot sell is below the level of alcohol duty plus VAT so we also have a minimum price. Betcha didn't know that baby

[vetran]

They put heavier taxes on alcohol in Scotland than in England.

teach them to vote for sturgeon!

[ladymuck]

I thought the aim was to make cheaper alcohol more expensive. Though someone who doesn't drink cheap cider or lager, I haven't noticed any price difference when I've been in Scotland.

Exactly! The decent stuff is still priced normally and the gut rot now costs an extra 50p. A resounding success.

[SueEllen]

There is a minimum price per unit in Scotland but it doesn't make a huge difference to the price

I thought the aim was to make cheaper alcohol more expensive. Though someone who doesn't drink cheap cider or lager, I haven't noticed any price difference when I've been in Scotland.

[ladymuck]

Anything above 15% should be taxed very heavily to subsidise responsible drinkers!

Phew! Bucky is 15%

[ladymuck]

There is a minimum price per unit in Scotland but it doesn't make a huge difference to the price

[AtW]

They put heavier taxes on alcohol in Scotland than in England.

Anything above 15% should be taxed very heavily to subsidise responsible drinkers!

[SueEllen]

Should be a new heavy tax on gin drinkers!

They put heavier taxes on alcohol in Scotland than in England.

[AtW]

Should be a new heavy tax on gin drinkers!

[SueEllen]

That's cos no one has any money....

[AtW]

... in Scotland

“ No changes will be made to income tax rates and bands in the coming year after the Scottish government set out its budget plans.

Finance Secretary Kate Forbes told MSPs that this was a time for "stability, certainty and targeted support".

She also pledged an "exceptional response" to the Covid-19 pandemic, with extra funding for jobs and skills.

Local authorities will also be offered incentives to freeze council tax rates to prevent household bills rising.”

No changes to Scottish income tax rates in budget - BBC News