Hungarians will have to pay extra for salty and sugary processed foods and drinks from September, under draft legislation slated to come before the government on Tuesday, according to media reports on Tuesday.
The legislation proposes to levy a HUF 10-per-liter tax on sugary drinks to be paid by producers from September. The tax would rise to HUF 15 a liter from 2012. Energy drinks will be taxed with HUF 300 per liter. Salty snacks will cost an extra HUF 400 per kilogram. Hungarians will also have to dig deeper in their pockets to buy packaged sweets and ice cream, which will cost HUF 200 and HUF 100 more per kilogram.
The tax is expected to generate HUF 5 billion in revenue in 2011.
Earlier media reports said the government was planning to introduce a “hamburger tax”, but the draft legislation contains no levy on hamburgers.
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