Increasing alcohol tax
Act amending section 4 of and the annex to the Act on Excise Duty on Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages
Excise duty on alcoholic beverages will be increased from the beginning of 2027. The increase applies to most beverages with an alcohol content of over 5.5 per cent, but leaves beer and mild mixed drinks unchanged.
- Status
- In progress
- Submitted
- 21 Sep 2026
- Latest event
- 4 Nov 2026
- Votes
- 0
- Source
- eduskunta.fi ↗
What is proposed
Alcohol duty will be increased by 2.2 euros per litre of 100 per cent alcohol on top of index-adjusted duty rates. The increase applies to wines and fermented beverages with an alcohol content of over 5.5 per cent, intermediate products, and spirits with an alcohol content of over 10 per cent. Beer and ethyl-alcohol-based drinks with an alcohol content of at most 10 per cent, such as long drinks, are excluded from the duty increase.
What it means
The act will enter into force on 1 January 2027 and is estimated to bring the state approximately 20 million euros in additional tax revenue on an annual basis. Consumer prices for beverages covered by the increase are estimated to rise by about two per cent on average, which means a price increase of approximately 22–35 cents for a litre of wine and around one euro for a litre of spirits. The change will affect consumers, the retail sale and licensed serving of alcoholic beverages, as well as producers and importers in the sector.
How Parliament voted
Consideration is ongoing: Parliament has not yet voted on the bill in plenary.
Stages of consideration
The bill's path from the preliminary debate to the decision, as recorded by Parliament.
- 21 Sep 2026Eduskuntakäsittelyn vireilletulo · Valtiovarainministeriö
- 25 Sep 2026Lähetekeskustelu · Täysistunto
- 23 Oct 2026Valiokunnan mietintö tai lausunto · valtiovarainvaliokunta
- 4 Nov 2026Ensimmäinen käsittely · Täysistunto
Decisions by law proposal1
- 1Laki alkoholi- ja alkoholijuomaverosta annetun lain 4 §:n ja liitteen muuttamisesta
Proposed law text
The law proposals in the bill as the Government presented them. The final act may differ after committee consideration.
The law text is shown in Finnish or Swedish from Parliament's official documents; it is not translated into English.
Laki alkoholi- ja alkoholijuomaverosta annetun lain 4 §:n ja liitteen muuttamisesta
Eduskunnan päätöksen mukaisesti muutetaan alkoholi- ja alkoholijuomaverosta annetun lain (1471/1994) 4 §:n 2 momentti ja liite, sellaisina kuin ne ovat, 4 §:n 2 momentti laissa 1051/2025 ja liite laissa 1099/2025, seuraavasti:
4 §
Kalenterivuodesta 2028 lukien alkoholi- ja alkoholijuomaveroa on kuitenkin 1 momentissa säädetystä poiketen suoritettava verotaulukossa säädetyn veron määrän sijasta indeksillä tarkistetun veron määrä kalenterivuosittain. Verohallinto vahvistaa indeksillä tarkistetun veron määrän seuraavaa kalenterivuotta varten vuosittain viimeistään 15 päivänä elokuuta antamallaan määräyksellä noudattaen, mitä 3 momentissa säädetään.
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Tämä laki tulee voimaan päivänä kuuta 20 .
Main content of the bill (official)
The summary and title were produced with AI on 23 Sep 2026. They are not official documents – check the details in the original bill. The title and summaries are machine translations of the Finnish AI summaries. Speeches and quotations are always shown in their original language.