烟草在线据税务新闻网报道编译　　英美烟草公司阿尔及利亚子公司以征收高烟税带来的负面影响为由，呼吁阿尔及利亚政府不要向烟草消费征收重税。

　　在记者招待会上，英美烟草公司阿尔及利亚子公司重申了自己协助政府打击逃税和从亚撒哈拉非洲走私烟草的承诺，但它表示，英美烟草公司会游说政府支持不会“产生相反效果的”烟草税制，尤其是在阿尔及利亚政府目前想要提高烟税的时候。

　　以埃及为例，它在2010年提高了烟税，而在仅仅18个月里，它的非法市场在当地总的卷烟销售中所占份额就从0.01%激增至20%，英美烟草公司称，对烟草征收重税具有等同于补贴不健康的走私卷烟的效果。

　　通过对比，在埃及，烟税占一包卷烟价格的52%，而在阿尔及利亚，自2011年起，一包20支装的卷烟烟税被确定为11阿尔及利亚第纳尔（0.14美元），而通常一包卷烟向消费者要价100第纳尔，烟税相当于卷烟价格的11%。

　　英美烟草阿尔及利亚公司的守法与公共关系董事Fayçal Khalef警告说，阿尔及利亚不应该通过高烟税和损失税收来补贴走私，并称关于向烟草征收重税，“走私游说强大得足以给阿尔及利亚政府施加压力。”

　　英美烟草公司说：“我们开展了研究，并注意到一些来源不明的卷烟可能含有多达18种易患癌症的物质。”它还估计，因卷烟走私而导致的全球税收损失为200亿美元至400亿美元之间。

BAT Lobbies Against Algerian Tobacco Tax Hikes

　　British American Tobacco's (BAT) Algerian subsidiary has called on the government to refrain from taxing tobacco consumption too heavily, citing the negative effects of high taxes.

　　In a press conference, BAT's Algerian subsidiary reiterated its commitment to assist the government in its crack-down on tax evasion and smuggling from sub-saharan Africa, but said BAT would lobby the government in favour of tobacco taxation which is not "counter-productive", especially in times when the Algerian government is currently tempted to hike tobacco taxes.

　　Citing the Egyptian example of its 2010 tobacco tax hike, where the illegal market's share of total local cigarette sales has soared from 0.01% to 20% in just 18 months, BAT argued that heavy tobacco taxation has the equivalent effect of subsidizing unhealthy smuggled cigarettes.

　　By way of comparison, taxes represent 52% of the price of a cigarette pack in Egypt while in Algeria it has been set since 2011 at DZD11 (USD 0.14) per pack of 20 cigarettes, which is usually charged at DZD100 to the consumer, ie 11%.

　　BAT Algeria's compliance and public relations director Fayçal Khalef warned that Algeria should not subsidize contraband through high taxes and lost tax revenues, and argued that the "contraband lobby is powerful enough to pressure Algeria's government with a view to taxing tobacco heavily".

　　"We have conducted studies and have noted that some cigarettes with unknown origins may contain up to 18 substances exposing to cancers", said BAT. It has also estimated net lost taxes due to tobacco smuggling worldwide between USD20bn and USD40bn. Enditem