Feb 042010
I noticed in early august @ the local CVS cartons were about $41 plus tax. I went again late Aug to buy a carton and it was now $44 plus tax. Someone told me that there was another tobacco tax increase in Aug 2009. Is this true?
I tried researching it online but can’t come up with anything. Anyone know a website that tells us california had raised the cig tax again and by how much?
All I found were articles about lawmakers pushing for a cigarette tax (dated Aug. 2009), but not any that stated any new tax in August 2009. There was a tax put in place earlier in the year…
http://legalnewsline.com/news/222441-calif.-lawmakers-eye-1.50-cigarette-tax-hike
All I found were articles about lawmakers pushing for a cigarette tax (dated Aug. 2009), but not any that stated any new tax in August 2009. There was a tax put in place earlier in the year…
http://legalnewsline.com/news/222441-calif.-lawmakers-eye-1.50-cigarette-tax-hike
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They have not raised it yet, but they are working on a bll to raise it another $1.50 a pack, or $15 a carton.
Look on the bright side. currently Ca. tax ranks 31 out of 50 states.You could be living in NYC, where the cost of a pack is now $12.00. (That is a PACK).
Also, it is estimated that currently 30% of the cigarettes consumed in CA are not paying the tax, they are smuggled into the state, purchased in Mexico, or bought in other states. The estimate is that will rise to over 50% when the tax goes into effect. That means the 1.2 billion they plan to raise will actually only raise about $300 million.
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