Cigar excise tax broken down state by state

[poker]

Good reference information to have. Current as of June 6, 2009

http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0169.pdf


It also breaks it down to show comparisons not only state to state but it also includes snuff, chew, and cigarettes.

[kgoings]

HOLY CRAP! Arizona 75%! I will load up in Nebraska next time I am back.

[poker]

Whoa, the last change in tobacco tax in Kansas was 1972!

[SmokinDuck]

Well, only 28% in ND... anyone need anything. :)

[timo]

Ya gotta love Taxachusetts! Why am I still here?

[ade06]

I'm about to go to RI in a few weeks, but with an 80% tax I'll be sure to bring my own.

[Footbag]

Proud to live in PA, but I'm pretty sure the laws are changing.

[Starscream]

Proud to live in PA, but I'm pretty sure the laws are changing.

:tpd: except I'm in NC.
North Carolina is currently discussing a tax hike on tobacco and alcohol. It'll probably go through.:mad:

[Mr. Ed]

Proud to live in PA, but I'm pretty sure the laws are changing.

Last few times they tried to raise the tax on cigars, snuff, and pipe tobacco it failed. It is in the proposed 2009-2010 budget though. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

[LasciviousXXX]

HOLY CRAP! Arizona 75%! I will load up in Nebraska next time I am back.

This is why I don't buy any cigars in state :r

[csbrewfisher]

Ya gotta love Taxachusetts! Why am I still here?

Is this why the Massholes are such a surly lot?









Kidding... :rolleyes:

[The Professor]

This is why I don't buy any cigars in state :r
That and you don't need anymore glass-tops. ;)

[LasciviousXXX]

Why you always gotta dog on my Fauxhibo's???


:r

[The Professor]

Why you always gotta dog on my Fauxhibo's???


:r
Hey I wasn't doggin' -- just sayin' you didn't need any more. :dance:

[landhoney]

Why you always gotta dog on my Fauxhibo's???
:r

Off topic: Who are the chicas in your avatar?

[Thrak]

HOLY CRAP! Arizona 75%! I will load up in Nebraska next time I am back.

I think Alaska is 75%, not Arizona... arizona looks like 20.25-218¢/10 cigars... if I'm reading this right.

GA looks pretty good! :)

[Azpostal]

[QUOTE=Thrak;421361]I think Alaska is 75%, not Arizona... arizona looks like 20.25-218¢/10 cigars... if I'm reading this right.

I'm not sure on the % but it figures out to around a quarter per cigar here in AZ.

[smokin5]

Arizona tobacco tax is $0.218 (21.8 cents) per cigar.

[md4958]

lemme just say Im glad I dont do chew, snuff or smoke cigarettes in MA!

Nobody taxes like Taxachusetts! :c

[jbo57]

Viva New Hampshire and Florida!

[jledou]

Whoa, the last change in tobacco tax in Kansas was 1972!

yeah all 10 of us out here haven't got around to raising taxes so those darn kids don't switch to just buying cheaper forms of tobacco :r

[rizzle]

It is important to raise tax rates on all tobacco products to prevent switching to a lower-taxed and lower-priced tobacco product or initiation.

Yeah right.

[jbo57]

Check out Arkansas at 68% mfr. price.

[shilala]

I like all those "none's" here in PA. I have to pay 6% sales though.
Explains why CI and Famous remain so cheap.

[kydsid]

I think Alaska is 75%, not Arizona... arizona looks like 20.25-218¢/10 cigars... if I'm reading this right.

GA looks pretty good! :)


I'm not sure on the % but it figures out to around a quarter per cigar here in AZ.

Alaska is 99% on wholesale price per stick, that 75% is the base that they add more too but what they add isn't a tax. They effectively doube the cost of any cigar. And don't forget shipping is always more money too. USPS is too slow and its too cold so Next Day Air is only option. When a Macanudo Robusto costs $9 you know you are in trouble. And this was before SCHIP. Lived there for 6 years and bought maybe 12 cigars tops.

[Cigary]

Glad I live in Ga.....10%.

[awsmith4]

Glad I live in Ga.....10%.

It's actually 23% of the wholesale price on cigars, 10% is for chewing baccy and snuff

[hornitosmonster]

I think the 75% of Alaska was misread for Arizona. Arizona actually has reasonable taxes. I can find deals throughout the area...

[brigey57]

Viva New Hampshire and Florida!

Yeah I noticed that also. By the way, Florida also has no state income taxes either. :bh

[NorcalMark]

As of July 1, 2009

California tax is 41.11% down from 45.13%

still high, but a decrease is a decrease.

[dentonparrots]

In the UK it is £169 per kilo of cigars plus 15% VAT ("value" added tax). That changes a £2 robusto to around £4 depending on the weight. We is robbed!

[GTCanuk]

Try in Canada it is more than double the price of the cigar:mad:

[icantbejon]

Glad I live in Ga.....10%.

Glad I live in VA.....10% :banger

[bobsee]

I live in Wisconsin and it sucks. The tax here is unbelievable. Where is our freedoms anymore.:td

[muhren]

The local B&M here charges 17% on the sticker price, not the wholesale price. Hmmm...dipping into pockets.

I grabbed a $7.50 stickered LFD maduro chiselito - and it rang up at $9.34! For some, not bad...for me, too much! They charge the 17% plus an addition 6.5% Ohio sales tax. Total = 23% mark-up on every stick.

I asked how they compete with internet prices. He said they can't, but all of us are supposed to be paying an ohio usage tax...meaning, we send the government 17% above everything we buy on-line to shi[ into Ohio.

Not sure most folks even know that usage tax exists, let alone pay it.

Makes it pretty tough to enjoy a cigar. But, what are ya going to do?

M

[Christoff]

Feal bad for you folks living in Massachusetts, I hear there is word now they're upping it up to 120% pheww. Does anyone even buy their smokes in state there?

[pbrennan10]

Well West Virginia has 1 perk at least!

[688sonarmen]

Glad to be moving back down to Va from Ct, sheesh!

[NorcalMark]

As of July 1, 2010

the California Tobacco tax will be 33.02%

That is just 8 points off the rate it was in 1997, before it tripled.

Mark

[replicant_argent]

and I am reminded yet again why I primarily use that thar' "intrawebs" thang. The nannies try to strangle the tobacco users so they can make the huge revenues, and the people simply bypass their confiscatory taxation. I thought it was 75% instead of 70% here, but in either case, regrettable, for the culture, small business, and the individual here.

[N2Advnture]

HOLY CRAP! Arizona 75%! I will load up in Nebraska next time I am back.

That's Alaska @ 75% LOL!

Arizona = 20.25-218¢/10 cigars

[MedicCook]

I can't wait for NY to pass the 90% on cigars. :td

[NorcalMark]

I can't wait for NY to pass the 90% on cigars. :td

that's just f@ckin' stupid. :bh

[emopunker2004]

Well I guess it's nice being in FL...No Excise Tax on cigars woo.

[replicant_argent]

and I am reminded yet again why I primarily use that thar' "intrawebs" thang. The nannies try to strangle the tobacco users so they can make the huge revenues, and the people simply bypass their confiscatory taxation. I thought it was 75% instead of 70% here, but in either case, regrettable, for the culture, small business, and the individual here.

Every time this thread gets bumped, I die a little inside.

[sammyboy405]

So it shows 3.6-120¢/10 Cigars for Oklahoma


What Exactly does that mean? Any Ideas? :bhd

[cmitch]

Every time this thread gets bumped, I die a little inside.
What is strange is that cigarette smoking is more directly linked to major illnesses such as bronchitis and lung cancer than cigars are. Yet, cigars take the brunt end of taxation. I've known a lot of cigar smokers in my circle of family and friends. NONE of them had died of a 'tobacco' related illness. I'm not burying my head in the sand but facts speak for themselves. But all tobacco deaths are lumped together. Painting with the wide brush, including cigars as one of the many evils, even though cigarettes are nothing but chemically infused tobacco paper.

I just bought a box of My Father LE 2010's in Nashville last week. The LOCAL tax was 1.00 per cigar. The total tax on the box was $29.00.

[vzontini]

Looked up the details for Texas and for what we would likely call a cigar it is 1.1 cents each.

This is the direct link to the Texas cigar tax law (in HTML). (http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/TX/htm/TX.155.htm)

From a general tax perspective, there is no state income tax and the state sales tax is 6.25%. In Houston proper the local sales taxes add 2% more for 8.25% total.

For anyone interested here is a direct link to the SCHIP law (in PDF). (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr2enr/pdf/BILLS-111hr2enr.pdf)

[Duke9192]

These outrageous taxes are just another way for the government to try controlling what, when, and with whom we do whatever we do. Sad... Very sad!!

[Duke9192]

Taxes Suck!!! It is good info to have though.

[Sonic04GT]

None for FL, awesome :tu

[MrClean]

I live in MO but my favorite B&M is in KS, luckily the tax rate is the same for both states.

[lyle23]

This country loves to, for lack of a better term, abuse the smokers and tobacco users. When money needs to be raised one of the first taxes they raise is tobacco.

[kingcobradude]

yeah all 10 of us out here haven't got around to raising taxes so those darn kids don't switch to just buying cheaper forms of tobacco :r
:tu:banger:banger:banger

[Mr.Erskine]

Still buying from PA...

[AECUSN]

Visiting Florida from California(family emergency) and could not believe the price differences!

[Route 66]

If you make a purchase online from a store in another state, which tax rate applies?

[Brlesq]

If you make a purchase online from a store in another state, which tax rate applies?

Technically you would owe the tax to the state you live in, and the online shop does not charge you their state tax. Somehow I bet a lot of folks accidentally "forget" to voluntarily submit those taxes to their own state.

[AdamJoshua]

Technically you would owe the tax to the state you live in, and the online shop does not charge you their state tax. Somehow I bet a lot of folks accidentally "forget" to voluntarily submit those taxes to their own state.

Damn it I KNEW there was something I was suppose to do.

Oh ... my.....god.

California Tax
61.53% Wholesale Price

[bobarian]

Damn it I KNEW there was something I was suppose to do.

Oh ... my.....god.

California Tax
61.53% Wholesale Price

You dont pay Tobacco tax. The tax due is Sales tax and that is calculated based upon the delivery address. :2

[AdamJoshua]

Thanks for clarifying that, they still get more than enough of my money, as a single white male with a decent job ... I'm boned.

[xxx_busa]

Pirates!!!

[mahtofire14]

70% here in MN. They have always been forerunners for raping tobacco users. Heard they are in the process of raising it again in the near future too.

[FUEL]

MN is currently 70% (35% on wholesale tobacco and 35% health assessment "fee") and by Monday when the budget makes it to Governor Daytons desk the tax is going to take a huge jump. Not exactly how it will impact cigars but it will pole vault us to #3 in the nation. Tax per pack of cigs will jump from roughly $1.38 to $2.58. Ugh...

[FUEL]

http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/208024801.html

Here it is:

"The governor and DFL legislative leaders already have agreed on the two key components — an income tax hike on high earners and a $1.60-per-pack hike in the tobacco tax, which would more than *double the existing levy."

[James Cameron]

What if you order online from a different state than the one you live in?

[oldforge]

What if you order online from a different state than the one you live in?

If your state has a "use tax" then you are supposed to report your out of state purchases on your state income tax form.

However, if you are one of the dozen or so people in your state who do so you will be flagged by the state as dangerously insane and your name will be turned over to the NSA for further investigation. :r

[Smoqman]

Sick bag o' dog **** in my stupid liberal-freak state of MN.
Every year I say I'm going to move....

[Smoqman]

http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/208024801.html

Here it is:

"The governor and DFL legislative leaders already have agreed on the two key components — an income tax hike on high earners and a $1.60-per-pack hike in the tobacco tax, which would more than *double the existing levy."


Like I said: bags o' dogshit.