NEW DELHI, Dec 1 (Reuters) - India unveiled two new tax bills in parliament on Monday, aiming to overhaul levies on "sin goods" such as tobacco, a spice mix known as pan masala and other items, ahead ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has introduced two major tax bills in the Lok Sabha to replace the ending GST compensation cess with new excise duty on tobacco and a capacity-based cess on pan ...

Did you know that Pennsylvanians are still paying a tax on alcohol that was meant to be temporary to help support relief from the Johnstown flood of 1936? Is there such a thing as a temporary tax?

There is a new tax in Alabama that applies to pornographic websites and is intended to offset some of the harm the bill’s sponsor said is caused by children’s exposure to porn. Alabama lawmakers ...

The World Health Organization has launched a new global tax campaign called “3 by 35.” It demands that countries increase taxes on tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks by at least 50 percent by 2035. It ...

A fight over taxes consumers pay for cannabis products has prompted a standoff between unusual adversaries: child-care advocates and the legal weed industry. On July 1, California’s cannabis excise ...

Ohio introduced a sales tax holiday a number of years ago that was primarily targeted toward school supplies and other items for school-aged children. Originally this was for one weekend in early ...

Is it possible to feel the burden of sin in a continent that is all but godless, as Europe is these days? Prostitution barely generates a frisson in Belgium, a land of unionised hookers. Puffing ...

The law is creating backlash from the gambling industry and bettors who could owe taxes even if they break even. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington As American taxpayers sift through the ...

Plus: A famous soccer coach is sentenced to prison for tax fraud, filing an amended tax return, smoking rates and sin taxes, filing deadlines, tax trivia, and more. My inbox hasn’t been this full in ...

As the World Health Organization (WHO) stares down a $600 million deficit in 2025, its solution is not to look inward, tighten belts, or confront its own policy failures. Instead, it wants to reach ...