NewsBite

Booze and fuel excise to get red tape chop

John Kehoe
John KehoeEconomics editor

Subscribe to gift this article

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

Subscribe now

Already a subscriber?

Alcohol and fuel excise rules will be simplified by the federal government, in a bid to reduce red tape costs for manufacturers, importers and distributors.

Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar said the Morrison government will review Australia’s excise and excise-equivalent customs duty regime to identify "unnecessarily cumbersome and duplicative processes".

Loading...
John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com

Subscribe to gift this article

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

Subscribe now

Already a subscriber?

Read More

Latest In Federal

Fetching latest articles

Most Viewed In Politics

    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/booze-and-fuel-excise-to-get-red-tape-chop-20201221-p56pbj