WHO Proposes Banning Duty Free Alcohol

Dear Client:The World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed a global ban on duty-free wine and spirits sales in a strategy paper published earlier this month. In the paper, they recommend "taxing sales of alcoholic beverages to, and/or the importation of such beverages by, international travelers on the same basis as if such travelers had purchased such beverages in the domestic market of the country levying the taxes." In other words, no tax breaks.There are a few more steps before WHO