RIO DE JANEIRO, March 3 (Reuters) - Brazil's government
believes it will get a tax reform approved by Congress by the
end of this year, the finance ministry official overseeing such
efforts said on Friday.
Bernard Appy, Brazil's secretary for tax reform, said the
proposal was likely to include excise taxes to be levied on
sectors that have negative effects on health and the
environment.
"The tobacco and alcoholic beverage sectors will certainly
face excise taxes," Appy told reporters after attending an event
in Rio de Janeiro.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier; Editing by Steven Grattan)
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