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Cigar Excise Taxes by State
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Slowburning Offline
#1 Posted: Sat, Nov 18 2006, 7:37 AM EST
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Alabama - $0.0405 per cigar
Alaska - 75% of the wholesale price
Arizona - $0.13 per cigar
Arkansas - 32% of the manufacturer’s selling price
California - 46.76% of the cost to the distributor
Colorado - 40% of manufacturer’s list price
Connecticut - 20% of wholesale sales price
Delaware - 15% of the gross wholesale price
Georgia - 23% of the gross wholesale cost
Hawaii - 40% of the wholesale sales price
Idaho - 40% of the wholesale sales price
Illinois - 18% of the wholesale price
Indiana - 18% of the wholesale sales price
Iowa - 22% of the wholesale price
Kansas - 10% of the wholesale sales price
Kentucky - 7.5% of the wholesaler’s gross receipts
Louisiana - 20% of the invoiced prices
Maine - 20% of the wholesale sales price
Maryland - 15% of the wholesale purchase price
Massachusetts - 30% of the price paid by the retail vendor
Michigan - 32% of the wholesale price
Minnesota - 70% of the gross wholesale price
Mississippi - 15% of the manufacturer’s gross list price
Missouri - 10% of the manufacturer’s gross invoice price
Montana - 50% of the wholesale price
Nebraska - 15% of the manufacturer’s selling price
Nevada - 30% of the wholesale price
New Jersey - 30% of the wholesale sales price
New Mexico - 25% of the wholesale price
New York - 37% of the wholesale price
North Carolina - 3% of the wholesale purchase price
North Dakota - 28% of the wholesale purchase price
Ohio - 17% of the wholesale purchase price
Oklahoma - $0.12 per cigar
Oregon - 65% of the wholesale cost price (cap at $0.50 per cigar)
Rhode Island - 40% of wholesale cost
South Carolina - 5% of manufacturer’s selling price
South Dakota - 10% of wholesale purchase price
Tennessee - 6.6% of the wholesale cost price
Texas - $0.011 per cigar
Utah - 35% of the manufacturer’s sales price
Vermont - 41% of price paid by retail vendor
Virginia - 10% of the wholesale price
Washington - 75% of the wholesale sales price (cap at $0.50 per cigar)
West Virginia - 7% of the wholesale sales price
Wisconsin - 25% of the manufacturer’s list price
Wyoming - 20% of the wholesale purchase price

* Does not include local and state sales tax.
** Florida, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania do not charge excise taxes.

Source: Cigar Magazine, Spring 2006
Slowburning Offline
#2 Posted: Sat, Nov 18 2006, 7:42 AM EST
Joined: 07-31-2006
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It came out ok. Hope this will provide some ideas as to why someone is willing to bid more than others.

These taxes may have gone up/down since then and the last election.

* This is by no means to stop overbid threads. I enjoy reading them.
Helio Offline
#3 Posted: Sat, Nov 18 2006, 7:52 AM EST
Joined: 01-06-2006
Posts: 89
You can see why it makes it very hard to patronize the local B&Ms here in Colorado. It would help if the manufactureres would set their list price closer to retail price. Or even better, auction price.
les017 Offline
#4 Posted: Sat, Nov 18 2006, 10:58 AM EST
Joined: 10-09-2006
Posts: 126
yeah, it's a lot to bear and i feel bad for the B&Ms that suffer for this.
I never thought i would say "wow, smokes are cheaper here in Cali than they were in Washington"
rkdub Offline
#5 Posted: Sat, Nov 18 2006, 11:58 AM EST
Joined: 02-01-2006
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I'm not sure all the B&M's in my state are on the same sheet of music. I do support my local,he has fair prices but, he realizes the taxes kill him. The others I've been to seem too have the old taxes still applied to their inventory.
Didier Offline
#6 Posted: Sat, Nov 18 2006, 1:04 PM EST
Joined: 10-29-2006
Posts: 62
Don't complain, I live in fFlorida but come from Quebec Canada and the taxe are around 200%. I send a friend some cigar as gift and he is creasy about the money he save. Last time I send him for $100.00 and he said that if he bought these cigars in store he should pay more than $800.00.
This friend realy like me.
blackdog2000 Offline
#7 Posted: Mon, Nov 20 2006, 4:17 AM EST
Joined: 05-23-2006
Posts: 519
It's true; Canada is NOT the place to buy smokes. Plus, US is a pain-in-the-butt about bringing more than a box back in.
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