煙草在線據葡萄牙新聞報道編譯　　在葡萄牙商業聯盟CIP提出提議后，葡萄牙煙稅在新的一年里可能會上提30%。

　　CIP總裁António Saraiva說：“這個想法得到了總理佩德羅·帕索斯·科埃略（Pedro Passos Coelho）和財政部長加斯帕（Vitor Gaspar）的認可。財政部長承諾要對相關的金額和潛在益處進行分析。”

　　這個問題反映了正在展開的關于國家應該如何在不斷收縮的經濟里，做不可能做到的提高稅收的事情的辯論的內容。

　　迄今為止，煙稅收入比去年減少了10.8%，總計為7.39億歐元，只是預期到8月底時收取到的年稅收水平的大約50%。

　　由于煙草消費減少，這仍然使得國庫通過煙稅到年底時獲得13億歐元的稅收，因此，預計稅收將增長30%，而使得每年達到大約4億歐元左右。

　　不過，據南葡萄牙煙草批發商協會主席Joo Passos說，結果不會那么呈線性狀態。

　　在預計犯罪和目前造成國家煙草稅收減少20%的走私煙草會出現激增之前，Passos說：“煙草生產商目前報告年走私發生率達80%，因此，任何提稅肯定會帶來結果，尤其是在與西班牙煙草關稅的假設性不平衡增大的方面。”

　　與之形成對比的是，在2010年至2011年間激增190%之后，來自對交通違法罰款的國家收入仍繼續攀升。

　　2011年前8個月的道路交通違法罰款收入同比增長了18%，超過了6400萬歐元，而且總計超過了2010年收取的全部道路交通違法罰款收入的三分之一。

Portugal: Smokers Lined Up As Deficit Scapegoats

　　Tobacco taxes may be subject to a 30 percent hike in the new year following a proposal from the CIP - the Business Confederation of Portugal.

　　"The idea was very well received by Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho and the Minister of Finance, Vitor Gaspar, who promised to analyse the sums involved and the potential benefits," said CIP President António Saraiva.

　　The issue reflects the extent of ongoing debate as to just how the state should square the circle of raising revenues in a contracting economy.

　　Thus far, tobacco tax revenues have slid 10.8 percent on last year to total €739 million, with only 50 percent of the forecast annual level actually collected through to the end of August.

　　With consumption down, this should still see the state pocket somewhere in the region of €1.3 billion from tobacco tax by year-end and a 30 percent rise in tax might therefore be expected to bring in somewhere around €400 million annually.

　　However, according to Joo Passos, the President of Tobacco Wholesalers of South Portugal, the outcome would not be so linear.

　　"Tobacco producers currently report a fiscal incidence level of 80 percent and hence any increase will certainly bring consequence, especially in terms of a greater hypothetical imbalance with Spanish fiscal duties on tobacco", said Passos before forecasting a surge in criminality and the contraband tobacco that currently accounts for a loss of 20 percent in state tobacco revenue.

　　In contrast, state revenues from fines levied for traffic infringements continue to rise after jumping 190 percent between 2010 and 2011.

　　The first eight months of 2011 saw an 18 percent year-on-year rise to exceed €64 million and already total over a third more than the entire amount of road highway traffic fine revenue collected in 2010. Enditem