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Cape Town - Smokers will have to cough up 80c more for a packet of cigarettes, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced in his budget on Wednesday.
Drinkers did not escape the inevitable increase in excise duties either, and a can of beer will cost them 6.4c more, a bottle of wine 13.5c and a bottle of spirits R2.86, he said.
Higher so-called sin taxes will also affect those who splurge on flashy cars.
From Wednesday, the ad valorem excise tax on cars that cost more than R900 000 will increase by 5% to 25%.
For more modest vehicles, the rate will remain unchanged.
Drinkers did not escape the inevitable increase in excise duties either, and a can of beer will cost them 6.4c more, a bottle of wine 13.5c and a bottle of spirits R2.86, he said.
Higher so-called sin taxes will also affect those who splurge on flashy cars.
From Wednesday, the ad valorem excise tax on cars that cost more than R900 000 will increase by 5% to 25%.
For more modest vehicles, the rate will remain unchanged.
