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Excise Tax Rate Amendment Act 2008

SAMOA


EXCISE TAX RATE AMENDMENT ACT 2008


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Arrangement of Provisions


1. Short title and commencement
2. Amendment to the Schedule


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2008, No. 16


AN ACT to amend the Excise Tax Rate Act 1984, and for related purposes.

[12th June 2008]


BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in Parliament assembled as follows:


1. Short title and commencement-(1) This Act may be cited as the Excise Tax Rate Amendment Act 2008 and shall be read together with and form part of the Excise Tax Rate Act 1984 (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act).


(2) This Act commences on the date assented to by the Head of State except for:


(a) section 2 (b) which shall have effect from the 1st day of June 2008 and may to that extent apply retrospectively; and


(b) section 2 (a) which shall have effect from the 1st day of July 2008 and may to that extent apply retrospectively.


2. Amendment to the Schedule - The Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by:


(a) deleting the amounts of excise duty applying to the items listed below and inserting the amount of excise duty specified for each item:


Tariff Item
Description
Excise Tax
(1)
(2)
(3)
2201 (all items)
Mineral waters and aerated waters
Free
2202 (all items)
Waters containing added
sugar or other sweetening
matter or flavoured
40 sene per
litre
2203 (all items)
Beer made from malt
$2.40 per
litre
2204.1010, 2204.2110,
2204.2910, 2204.3000
Wine of fresh grapes
-Of an alcohol strength
by volume of less
than15%
$4.80 per
litre
2205.1090, 2204.2990
Wine of fresh grapes
$8.00 per

- Other
litre
2205.1020, 2205.9020
Flavoured wine of fresh grapes -Of an alcohol strength by volume of less than 15%
$4.80 per litre
2205.1090, 2205.9090
Flavoured wine of fresh grapes - Other
$8.00 per litre
2206 (all items)
Other fermented
beverages
$40.00 per
litre
2208.2010, 2208.3010,
2208.4010, 2208.5010,
2208.6010, 2208.7010,
2208.7021, 2208.9011
Undenatured ethyl
alcohol
-Of an alcohol strength
by volume of 30% or less
$10.00 per
litre
2208.2020, 2208.3020,
2208.4020, 2208.5020,
2208.6020, 2208.7012,
2208.7022, 2208.9021
Undenatured ethyl
alcohol
-Of an alcohol strength
by volume exceeding
30% but not exceeding
57.12%
$16.00 per
litre
2208.2090, 2208.3090,
2208.4090, 2208.5090,
2208.6090, 2208.7019,
2208.7029, 2208.9099
Undenatured ethyl
alcohol
-Of an alcohol strength
by 57.12% or higher
$32.00 per
litre
2402 (all items)
cigarettes
$193 per
1000 sticks
2403.1010, 2403.1090
Other manufactured
tobacco
$204 per
kg

(b) inserting the following headings and tariff items in numerical order:


Tariff Item
Description
Excise Tax
(1)
(2)
(3)
8701 (all items except 8701.1010, 8701.9010)
Tractors
20%
8701.1010, 8701.9010,
Agricultural Tractors
8%
8702 (all items except 8702.0020)
Motor Vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver
20%
8702.0020
Public Service type motor vehicles for the transport of fifteen persons or more (including the driver)
8%
8703
Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (Other than those of 8702), including station wagons and racing cars (for example, passenger motor cars, four wheel drive "off road" passenger vehicles and the like)

8703.0010
-Vehicles specially designed for traveling on snow; golf cars and similar vehicles.
20%

- Other vehicles:

8703.0021
---Of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1,000 cm3
10%
8703.0022
---Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,000 cm3 but not exceeding 1,300 cm3
13%
8703.0023
---Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,300 cm3 but not exceeding 1,800 cm3
18%
8703.0024
---Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,800 cm3 but not exceeding 2,000 cm3
20%
8703.0025
---Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 2,000 cm3 but not exceeding 2,500 cm3
25%
8703.0026
---Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 2,500 cm3 but not exceeding 3,000 cm3
30%
8703.0027
---Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 3,000 cm3 but not exceeding 4,000 cm3
35%
8703.0028
---Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 4,000 cm3 but not exceeding 5,000 cm3
45%
8703.0029
---Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 5,000 cm3
50%
8704 (all items)
Motor Vehicles for the transport of goods
20%
8705 (all items)
Special purpose vehicles
8%
8706.0020
For motor vehicles falling under 8703.0010
20%
8706.0021
For motor vehicles falling under 8703.0021
10%
8706.0022
For motor vehicles falling under 8703.0022
13%
8706.0023
For motor vehicles falling under 8703.0023
18%
8706.0024
For motor vehicles falling under 8703.0024
20%
8706.0025
For motor vehicles falling under 8703.0025
25%
8706.0026
For motor vehicles falling under 8703.0026
30%
8706.0027
For motor vehicles falling under 8703.0027
35%
8706.0028
For motor vehicles falling under 8703.0028
45%
8706.0029
For motor vehicles falling under 8703.0029
50%

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The Excise Tax Rate Amendment Act 2008 is administered by the Ministry for Revenue.


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