The alcohol duty change on August 1, 2023 makes duty across different types of alcohol more consistent by taxing based on alcoholic strength by volume (ABV).
After a decade of cuts and freezes to the alcohol duty in Britain, in August the level of duty will rise with inflation – an international best practice and World Health Organization recommendation.
With the new alcohol duty system alcohol tax rates will lower the cost of beer for pub-goers and will raise the cost of most other alcoholic beverages in supermarkets and other off-licenses.
In recent decades, alcohol had been getting ever cheaper, fueling a public health crisis.
