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Amelie De Montchalin Visit To The Customs Services - La Seyne Sur Mer

Florian Colas, Director General of Customs and Excise, listens as Amélie de Montchalin, French Minister for Public Accounts, presents the results of the French Customs for 2024 during a visit to the Customs services in La Seyne sur Mer, France on 24 March 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Amelie De Montchalin Visit To The Customs Services - La Seyne Sur Mer

Amélie de Montchalin, the French Minister for Public Accounts, seen with Florian Colas, Director General of Customs and Excise, presents the results of the French Customs for 2024 during a visit to Customs services in La Syene sur Mer, France on 24 March 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Amelie De Montchalin Visit To The Customs Services - La Seyne Sur Mer

Florian Colas, Director General of Customs and Excise, seen during Amélie de Montchalin, French Minister for Public Accounts visit to the Customs services in La Seyne sur Mer, France on 24 March 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stephane Sejourne visits customs officers freight zone - Roissy-en-France

European deputy Stephane Sejourne, France Director general of customs and excise duties Florian Colas looks at seized property as he visits where customs officers check packages at a freight zone at Roissy ahead of the festive season around the Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, in Roissy-en-France, on December 20, 2024. During a presentation of anti-counterfeiting controls and a sample of recent seizures. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stephane Sejourne visits customs officers freight zone - Roissy-en-France

European deputy Stephane Sejourne, France Director general of customs and excise duties Florian Colas looks at seized property as he visits where customs officers check packages at a freight zone at Roissy ahead of the festive season around the Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, in Roissy-en-France, on December 20, 2024. During a presentation of anti-counterfeiting controls and a sample of recent seizures. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stephane Sejourne visits customs officers freight zone - Roissy-en-France

European deputy Stephane Sejourne, France Director general of customs and excise duties Florian Colas looks at seized property as he visits where customs officers check packages at a freight zone at Roissy ahead of the festive season around the Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, in Roissy-en-France, on December 20, 2024. During a presentation of anti-counterfeiting controls and a sample of recent seizures. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stephane Sejourne visits customs officers freight zone - Roissy-en-France

European deputy Stephane Sejourne, France Director general of customs and excise duties Florian Colas looks at seized property as he visits where customs officers check packages at a freight zone at Roissy ahead of the festive season around the Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, in Roissy-en-France, on December 20, 2024. During a presentation of anti-counterfeiting controls and a sample of recent seizures. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stephane Sejourne visits customs officers freight zone - Roissy-en-France

France Director general of customs and excise duties Florian Colas, during a visit of customs officers freight zone at Roissy ahead of the festive season around the Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, in Roissy-en-France, on December 20, 2024. During a presentation of anti-counterfeiting controls and a sample of recent seizures. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stephane Sejourne visits customs officers freight zone - Roissy-en-France

France Director general of customs and excise duties Florian Colas, during a visit of customs officers freight zone at Roissy ahead of the festive season around the Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, in Roissy-en-France, on December 20, 2024. During a presentation of anti-counterfeiting controls and a sample of recent seizures. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The adoption of the state budget and tax changes in the parliament

11.12.2024. Tallinn. Riigikogu passed the State Budget for 2025 Act. The act outlines revenues of 17.7 billion in and 18.2 billion in expenditures. 2025, will bring several key tax changes in Estonia, including income tax and VAT rate rises, the introduction of a new car tax, and hikes in excise duties. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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The adoption of the state budget and tax changes in the parliament

11.12.2024. Tallinn. Riigikogu passed the State Budget for 2025 Act. The act outlines revenues of 17.7 billion in and 18.2 billion in expenditures. 2025, will bring several key tax changes in Estonia, including income tax and VAT rate rises, the introduction of a new car tax, and hikes in excise duties. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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The adoption of the state budget and tax changes in the parliament

11.12.2024. Tallinn. Riigikogu passed the State Budget for 2025 Act. The act outlines revenues of 17.7 billion in and 18.2 billion in expenditures. 2025, will bring several key tax changes in Estonia, including income tax and VAT rate rises, the introduction of a new car tax, and hikes in excise duties. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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The adoption of the state budget and tax changes in the parliament

11.12.2024. Tallinn. Riigikogu passed the State Budget for 2025 Act. The act outlines revenues of 17.7 billion in and 18.2 billion in expenditures. 2025, will bring several key tax changes in Estonia, including income tax and VAT rate rises, the introduction of a new car tax, and hikes in excise duties. Photo Eero Vabamägi, Postimees

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Thomas Cazenave Visits Customs Headquarters - Marseille

Sabrina Agresti-Roubache, Thomas Cazenave and Florian Colas (extreme right), Director General of Customs and Excise in Marseille, France on May 17, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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India's opposition leaders gather to protest arrest of Delhi chief minister

STORY: India's opposition leaders gather to protest arrest of Delhi chief minister SHOOTING TIME: March 31, 2024 DATELINE: April 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of India's opposition party leaders gathered in Ramlila ground STORYLINE: India's opposition party leaders on Sunday gathered in New Delhi to protest Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest ahead of the country's general elections. The leaders from the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) came together during a rally held at the Ramlila ground, accusing the ruling government of misusing state agencies to threaten the opposition. Kejriwal was arrested by the federal government's financial crime-fighting agency on charges of corruption related to his direct involvement in the formulation of the excise policy favoring specific individuals. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)

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Indian authority arrests Delhi chief minister over alleged excise policy scam

STORY: Indian authority arrests Delhi chief minister over alleged excise policy scam SHOOTING TIME: March 21, 2024 DATELINE: March 22, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. shots of India gate 2. various of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejrival 3. various of AAP workers and supporters protesting STORYLINE: India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejrival on alleged financial irregularities in an Excise Policy scam that took place in 2021. Kejriwal is also the chief of his political party, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Earlier, a team of ED officials had entered Kejriwal's official residence for questioning him in the alleged Delhi Liquor Policy Scam. Soon a large number of AAP workers and supporters gathered outside his residence to protest against ED's questioning. Over the past couple of months, the ED had sent several summons to Kejriwal for questioning him, but the chief minister evaded them, saying the ED had no authority

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Thomas Cazenave Visits The Interior Surveillance Brigade - Aulnay-Sous-Bois

Deputy Director General at Customs and Excise, Jean-François Dutheil looks on during French Deputy Minister for Public Accounts Thomas Cazenave's visit to the Interior Surveillance Brigade in Aulnay-Sous-Bois near Paris on March 1, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Thomas Cazenave Visits The Interior Surveillance Brigade - Aulnay-Sous-Bois

Deputy Director General at Customs and Excise, Jean-François Dutheil looks on during French Deputy Minister for Public Accounts Thomas Cazenave's visit to the Interior Surveillance Brigade in Aulnay-Sous-Bois near Paris on March 1, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Thomas Cazenave Visits The Interior Surveillance Brigade - Aulnay-Sous-Bois

Deputy Director General at Customs and Excise, Jean-François Dutheil looks on during French Deputy Minister for Public Accounts Thomas Cazenave's visit to the Interior Surveillance Brigade in Aulnay-Sous-Bois near Paris on March 1, 2024. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nigerian president signs new executive orders to suspend tax policies

STORY: Nigerian president signs new executive orders to suspend tax policies DATELINE: July 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of President Bola Tinubu 2. various of port, containers, and street views in Nigeria 3. various of the presidential team briefing the media 4. SOUNDBITE (English): DELE ALAKE, Spokesman for president STORYLINE: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has signed four new executive orders, with an aim to adjust previous tax policies by the country's immediate past administration, a presidential spokesman said on Thursday. Dele Alake, the spokesman for the president, told reporters in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, that the executive orders included the suspension of a five-percent excise tax on telecommunication services and excise duties escalation on locally-manufactured products, as well as a customs excise tariff variation amendment order, and a finance act order. Alake said, with the signing of the new executive orders, Tinubu aimed to amelior

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Fuel prices surge in Italy as tax discount expires

STORY: Fuel prices surge in Italy as tax discount expires DATELINE: Jan. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of gas stations STORYLINE: Gasoline and diesel prices in Italy have surged dramatically after a discount on fuel-related excise duties expired at the end of 2022. Local media reported on Tuesday that the national average prices reached 1.8 euros (1.91 U.S. dollars) for gasoline and 1.87 euros (1.98 U.S. dollars) for diesel respectively at self-service pumps, which marked an increase of more than 9 percent in both fuels in just a few days. In the first days of 2023, the national average price for full-service gasoline stood at 1.95 euros (2.07 U.S. dollars) per liter while that for full-service diesel stood at 2.02 euros (2.14 U.S. dollars) per liter. The expired discount was put in place in March 2022 to help combat a surge in fuel prices. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Rome. (XHTV)

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JT eyeing 30 yen price hike for Mild Seven brand in July

TOKYO, Japan - With the tobacco excise tax due to be raised on July 1, Japan Tobacco Inc. said May 11 it has applied to the Finance Ministry for approval to raise the list prices of all 116 domestic tobacco brands by 10 to 30 yen, including a price increase that far exceeds the tax hike for the popular Mild Seven brand (in photo).

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Indians get respite from inflation after cut in fuel prices

STORY: Indians get respite from inflation after cut in fuel prices DATELINE: May 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of fuel station 3. various of people taking fuel into vehicle 4. various of cooking gas cylinders 5. various of vegetables market 6. various of grocer STORYLINE: People in India got some respite from overall inflation on Sunday after the federal government announced a cut in fuel prices. "Reduction of Central Excise Duty on petrol and diesel. Central excise duty has been reduced by 8 Indian Rupees (around 10 U.S. cents) per liter for petrol and by 6 Indian Rupees (around seven U.S. cents) per liter for diesel (by reducing Road and Infrastructure Cess)," tweeted the country's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday night. With the reduced excise tax, petrol will now cost 95.91 Indian Rupees (around 1.23 dollars) per liter while diesel will cost 89.67 Indian Rupees (around 1.15 dollars) per liter in Delhi. New

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ITALY-ROME-PM-PRESS CONFERENCE

(220502) -- ROME, May 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi (3rd L, Rear) attends a press conference in Rome, Italy, on May 2, 2022. Italy's government on Monday adopted a decree that eliminates excise taxes on some forms of natural gas and methane to help tackle surging energy prices due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. (Str/Xinhua)

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ITALY-ROME-PM-PRESS CONFERENCE

(220502) -- ROME, May 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi addresses a press conference in Rome, Italy, on May 2, 2022. Italy's government on Monday adopted a decree that eliminates excise taxes on some forms of natural gas and methane to help tackle surging energy prices due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. (Str/Xinhua)

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JT eyeing 30 yen price hike for Mild Seven brand in July

TOKYO, Japan - With the tobacco excise tax due to be raised on July 1, Japan Tobacco Inc. said May 11 it has applied to the Finance Ministry for approval to raise the list prices of all 116 domestic tobacco brands by 10 to 30 yen, including a price increase that far exceeds the tax hike for the popular Mild Seven brand (in photo). (Kyodo)