Indonesia will levy new tax on e-cigarettes from Jan 1

South-east Asia’s largest economy has set the additional tax at 10 per cent of the excise tariff for electronic cigarettes. - PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: PIXABAY via The New Straits Times/ANN

JAKARTA (Reuters/Bloomberg): Indonesia will start imposing a tax on e-cigarettes from Jan 1 on top of the existing excise levy as it steps up efforts to curb vaping, the Finance Ministry said on Dec 30.

South-east Asia’s largest economy has set the additional tax at 10 per cent of the excise tariff for electronic cigarettes, the ministry said in a statement.