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District of Columbia: Taxes and Other Strategies to Reduce Alcohol Abuse

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 19, 1998
Report No. GGD/HEHS-98-140
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Summary:

The Fiscal Year 1998 District of Columbia Appropriations Act mandated that GAO study the taxation and regulation of alcoholic beverages in the District. This report compares the District's taxes on alcoholic beverages with those of neighboring Maryland and Virginia; determines whether the District's alcoholic beverage tax structure can be brought into closer conformity with those in surrounding jurisdictions; determines how much higher the Districts alcohol excise tax rates would be if they had been indexed for inflation; determines whether existing empirical research indicated that raising the District's taxes is likely to curb alcohol abuse; identifies which states earmark their alcohol taxes for specific purposes; and describes characteristics of effective alcohol prevention programs and regulatory policies, especially with regard to youth, that the District government could consider adopting.

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