Question NW2330 to the Minister of Finance
06 July 2022 - NW2330
Clarke, Ms M to ask the Minister of Finance
What is the current total amount of tax being levied annually for the sugar tax?
Reply:
In the revenue year 2021/22, the Health Promotion Levy (colloquially referred to as the sugar tax) contributed a total of R 2,259,832,000.00* in the revenue collections that were reported by the South African Revenue Service. The R 2,259,832,000.00* collected reflects R2, 182,323,000.00* in domestic levy and R77, 510,000.00* in an import levy. Overall the FY2021/22 collections represent a growth of 6.92% on the FY2020/21 collections of R2, 113,606,000.00 (R2, 046,177,000.00 domestic levy and R67, 429,000.00 in import levy).
* All figures for FY2021/22 are preliminary pending auditing processes.