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Tanqueray London Dry Gin 1L $57.99 @ Costco (Membership Required)

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Saw the Tanqueray Gin 1L bottle for $57.99 at Costco at Docklands. The equivalent size bottle is $73 at Liquorland and Dan’s.

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  • +6

    We get so ripped off by the Aus Government on spirits, take this bottle as an example

    $58/11 = $5.27 in GST

    Alcohol tax is $101.85/liter of pure alcohol, so for this bottle it is
    1L * 0.4 (alcohol content) * $101.85 = $40.74 in alcohol tax

    So all up you are paying $46, or nearly 80% of the price in taxes!

    And the glory of the alcohol tax, it is indexed to inflation every 6 months, wish they did that indexing with tax-bands for income tax….

    • Honestly that doesn’t bother me. Alcohol, especially spirits, should be an occasional thing.

      • High taxes should bother everyone.

        • Why? We need taxes for essential services. There is a reason that alcohol and cigarettes attract higher taxes. They are not essentials and they are harmful substances. I much prefer they get tax money off something like this than apply taxes to things like fresh fruit and vegetables.

          • @try2bhelpful: Then You are browsing the wrong category of Ozbargainers old son !

          • @try2bhelpful: "High Taxes" is not the same as "Taxes"

            Taxes are requirements and that is fine. A tax of 80% is obscene.

            • @ajr5k: As I said we can disagree. Alcohol is not an essential product. I would much prefer it has a high tax component than anything on fruit and vegetables.

  • +1

    I usually get the cheapest $42 ish vodka from the nearest liquor store.

    Alcohol is so expensive these days

  • Yeah $42 Vickers gin is my go to these days

    • What size bottle? This is 1L.

  • 700ml so $42 v $59 for a litre

    • 6c per ml compared to 5.8 per ml.

  • Question:Does Dan Murphy match or beat Costco?

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