Smokes, Smugglers and Lost Tax Revenues: How Governments Should Respond

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Page Title:Smokes, Smugglers and Lost Tax Revenues: How Governments Should Respond – C.D. Howe Institute
Article Title:Smokes, Smugglers and Lost Tax Revenues: How Governments Should Respond
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/smokes-smugglers-and-lost-tax-revenues-how-governments-should-respond/
Published Date:February 28, 2017
Accessed Date:February 11, 2025

Provinces should fight contraband cigarettes with better policing, and reforming government allocation of cigarettes to Aboriginal reserves, rather than impose higher taxes, according to new report released by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Smokes, Smugglers and Lost Tax Revenues: How Governments Should Respond,” author Anindya Sen analyzes trends in cigarette smuggling and the implications for government revenues and policy.

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