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Funding for Health and Cancer Emergency Funds from Smokers' Pockets!

April 27, 2026اقتصاد – الشروق أونلاينechoroukonline.comTranslated from Arabic
Funding for Health and Cancer Emergency Funds from Smokers' Pockets!

The tax authorities provided new clarifications to their directorates regarding a package of new tax amendments affecting tobacco products in 2026, most notably the imposition of double increases on cigarettes and tobacco products through raising the additional tax and restructuring the internal consumption tax at the same time, in addition to directing a significant portion of the revenues from these taxes directly to fund the health emergency and cancer combat funds, as well as increasing the share of the export promotion fund from the revenues of the internal consumption tax at the expense of the state budget, indicating a new trend that employs taxation to support the productive economy rather than just to finance the treasury. According to tax instruction No. 22 issued on April 14, 2026, it was noted...

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