Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell just won’t give it up: even when signing the state’s $28 billion budget, he lamented that it lacked a tax on cigars. He couldn’t celebrate that this was the first budget to be passed on time in eight year. Instead, the governor had to dwell on one of the few things [...]
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It doesn’t look very good for us cigar smokers, again. A Massachusetts House Representative, Bill Delahunt, is leading a proposal that seeks to allow states to collect taxes from online purchases, which would include online cigar purchases. Just recently, New York passed a tax increase that will raise the existing 46% tax on cigars to [...]
It looks like efforts to include a cigar tax in the Pennsylvania budget won’t come to fruition. Lawmakers there have tentatively agreed to a $28.5 billion budget which should be approved tonight. According to the Central Penn Business Journal: The budget did not include taxes on cigars or smokeless tobacco, omissions in which the governor [...]
Even though the deed is done in New York (at least for now), the topic of cigar taxes is still hot. Everyone is talking about which states are at risk next, not to mention how the cigar industry and consumer will adapt to a changing reality.
Continue reading about Cigar Taxes: La Aurora’s Jose Blanco’s Thoughts
The Pennsylvania budget is still up in the air, but the legislature and governor appear to be making progress ahead of the June 30, 2010 deadline. The gap between the two sides is narrowing, and there is reason for optimism among the negotiators. For cigar smokers, however, it’s hard to relax. A cigar tax remains [...]
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We’re only days away from a new tobacco tax in Utah, and retailers are spreading the word: buy now. Professional tobacconists and other tobacco retailers are encouraging their customers to stock up in order to save some cash when the new prices take effect. Also, there’s something in this for the tobacconists and other retailers. [...]
Continue reading about Utah Cigar Shops Push Product to Beat Floor Tax
Finally, someone gets it! New York may have passed the cigar tax already, but we all know that doesn’t mean it will work. The latest from Bankrate, in fact, implies that the OTP tax will crash and burn … and has the right reasoning. I’d love for the rest of the media to take a [...]
Continue reading about Bankrate Highlights Government Hypocrisy on Cigar Taxes
It is done. The “Other Tobacco Products” tax, which includes cigars, has been raised from 46 percent in New York to 75 percent. The measure takes effect August 1, 2010 in one of the largest premium cigar markets in the country. Yet, we shouldn’t consider this final. We can work to have this pressure alleviated, [...]
Continue reading about Four Misconceptions about the New York Cigar Tax
It’s as disappointing as it is unsurprising. In New York, the tax paid on wholesale was upped from 46 percent to 75 percent. The increase will take effect on August 1, 2010. While this is an improvement from the 90 percent tax rate originally proposed, it is still far too high, especially in the wake [...]
