ARmy Rumour SErvice

**Mr_Fingerz** · 14-05-2012, 22:27

Beer Duty Rate abv volume lits duty due vol (pints) duty per pint
19.51 3.40% 100 66.334 176 0.38
19.51 3.50% 100 68.285 176 0.39
19.51 3.60% 100 70.236 176 0.40
19.51 3.70% 100 72.187 176 0.41
19.51 3.80% 100 74.138 176 0.42
19.51 3.90% 100 76.089 176 0.43
19.51 4% 100 78.04 176 0.44
19.51 4.50% 100 87.795 176 0.50
19.51 5% 100 97.55 176 0.55

Excise duty on (normal strength) beer is charged at £19.51 per percent of alcohol per hectolitre (100 litres). The table above gives the amount of Excise Duty per pint (dep on ABV).

As you can see, for a 500ml can of Stella the Excise Duty is c£0.975ppl. Almost half of what the Scottish Parliament is proposing.

If you accept that what they are doing is the right thing - it doesn't go far enough. If you don't then I can't see what you're complaining about because the beer should have borne the correct amount of duty in the first place (and smuggling beer and selling at below duty rates is one of the reasons why the pub trade is dieing.)

**King_of_the_Burpas** · 14-05-2012, 22:34

Originally Posted by Mr_Fingerz

Beer Duty Rate abv volume lits duty due vol (pints) duty per pint
19.51 3.40% 100 66.334 176 0.38
19.51 3.50% 100 68.285 176 0.39
19.51 3.60% 100 70.236 176 0.40
19.51 3.70% 100 72.187 176 0.41
19.51 3.80% 100 74.138 176 0.42
19.51 3.90% 100 76.089 176 0.43
19.51 4% 100 78.04 176 0.44
19.51 4.50% 100 87.795 176 0.50
19.51 5% 100 97.55 176 0.55

Oh Gawd!

Bottom line is that if you're a plonky, you'll buy it at any price to stop the shakes. "Giz yer bag, you old cow, cos I need a drink, mother".

People will carry on buying it for social or medical needs regardless of the price.

The best thing they could do is make Librium available without prescription, so you can dry out without having your GP take your driving licence off you.

How many alcoholics know that they can be shopped to the DVLA just by going to get help from their GP?

**Nurse Ratched** · 15-05-2012, 09:10

Originally Posted by Biscuits_AB

Is tha' from't Yorshire?

How very dare you, I most certainly am not from foreign climes. The very thought sends shivers of repulsion down my spine. However, Mr Nursey is a filthy Yorkshire type.

**Steven** · 15-05-2012, 09:34

Originally Posted by DeltaDog

As I've no idea what a 'unit' consists of, will someone enlighten me??

The number of UK units of alcohol in a drink can be determined by multiplying the volume of the drink (in milliliters) by its percentage ABV, and dividing by 1000.
For example, one imperial pint (568 ml) of beer at 4% ABV contains:

The formula uses ml ÷ 1000. This results in exactly one unit per percentage point per litre, of any alcoholic beverage.
Since 4% can be expressed as .04, .04 × 568 ml gives the amount of alcohol in terms of ml—which, when divided by 10, shows the number of units.
When the volume of an alcoholic drink is shown in centilitres, determining the number of units in a drink is as simple as volume × percentage (converted into a fraction of 1).
Thus, 75 centilitres of wine (the contents of a standard wine bottle) at 12% ABV contain:

Did that help at all or do you need a drink now?

**Nurse Ratched** · 15-05-2012, 09:35

Originally Posted by Steven

Did that help at all or do you need a drink now?

Screw the drink, I need a brain transplant to comprehend that

**kilo42** · 15-05-2012, 09:40

Originally Posted by Nurse Ratched

How very dare you, I most certainly am not from foreign climes. The very thought sends shivers of repulsion down my spine. However, Mr Nursey is a filthy Yorkshire type.

Did you come from somewhere on a bus? So many nurses didn't, there must be thousands of you sat in buses stranded down dark country roads, and never made the NAAFI dance. 1968 was a good year for nurses at the Belford in Fort William, vintage I think would be a fair description of that crop. I don't suppose you were ever at the Belford, or took part in the fur coat and nae knickers party?
Shame, I am trying to get any photos that might still be out there.

**johnboyzzz** · 15-05-2012, 09:58

Originally Posted by Chunkie

Youve no-one to blame but yourselves and Alex Salmon for wanting independance? He's got to get the money for your healthcare from somewhere when you leave the NHS?

Wrong!!!! It has nothing to do with putting more money into healthcare, and we won't be leaving the NHS. It is all to do with Il McDuce wanting to control everyones lives.

Originally Posted by brettarider

Example given on the radio today would be a supermarket own brand bottle of vodka at £8 would now be around £13. Single malt etc wont be affected as they are currently over the average unit price. Banning buckfast would have been better

Buckfast isn't included in it as it is already over the price limit to be included.

The money collected from this shambles is NOT a tax, it will NOT go into the Scottish Government coffers, it will go into the profit column of the supermarkets. I don't know why English posters are mocking this, Westminster is also implementing it with the backing of the Labour party. Booze is the least of our problems, politicians are FAR more damaging to society than drunks. If the authorities enforced the current laws then there would be no need to introduce this stupid law.

**Nurse Ratched** · 15-05-2012, 10:03

Originally Posted by kilo42

Did you come from somewhere on a bus? So many nurses didn't, there must be thousands of you sat in buses stranded down dark country roads, and never made the NAAFI dance. 1968 was a good year for nurses at the Belford in Fort William, vintage I think would be a fair description of that crop. I don't suppose you were ever at the Belford, or took part in the fur coat and nae knickers party?
Shame, I am trying to get any photos that might still be out there.

I would gladly supply pics to remind you of bygone days but I was a merest glint in the milkman's eye in 1968

**kilo42** · 15-05-2012, 10:29

Originally Posted by Nurse Ratched

I would gladly supply pics to remind you of bygone days but I was a merest glint in the milkman's eye in 1968

Ah well, cant complain Ive had an effin blast and that's no lie.

**TARA** · 15-05-2012, 10:43

Calm down ladies, it is against the law in the EU, so unlikely to happen. BTW how can Labour support it in England but not in Scotland? Is the phone line broke?