ardbeg67 skrev:But isn't it a UK-tax that should be subtracted also? (in your calculation)
Yes, the english VAT should be reduced from the price of the bottle, but as Sam describes it the Swedish Excise has nothing to do with the price of the bottle: "Swedish Excise at 501 SEK per litre of pure alcohol (for a 70cl bottle at 40% this is 501 x 0.7 x 0. 4)". It is a tax based on the content of pure alcohol.
The price for a Loch Fyne £16,7 would be reduced from english VAT (16,7 / 1,15 = 14,52) but then you have to add the swedish VAT (14,52 x 1,25 = £18,15
To this we add the swedish excise 501 x 0,7 x 0,4 = 140,28 SEK or £11,23
As I see it a Loch Fyne would cost 18,15 + 11,23 = £29,38
In total the Loch Fyne would get 29,28 - 16,7 = £12,68 more expensive similar to an extra 76%
Note that the increase in price will differ lot from bottle to bottle.
Since you pay extra for the pure alcohol you can say that:
A cheap and strong whisky will get the highest percentage increase, an expensive weak whisky will get the lowest.
Note that my calculations are based on what SAM Gutenwik at LFW wrote. I hope that he can clarify this.
I also hope that he can give us a date when it will be possible to buy whiskies again.
According to the website it will be possible for customers in Norway soon, but not for Sweden.