Today's budget will almost double the federal excise tax on all manufactured tobacco, which I read as including pipe tobacco. The budget estimates this will raise another $307m per year for the fiscal coffers.
More Tax Pain for Canadian Pipesters
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According to the budget documents, what was driving this is RYO tobacco. It was felt that cig smokers were rolling their own rather than buying cigarettes which are already subject to a heftier tax. Unfortunately, I think pipe tobacco is just collateral damage in the RYO revenue grab.
@sothron... Sure can Pa'! And I think its 84%, but that might just be the amount they increased. I know 50g of erinmore is 28$
This is only the federal excise tax. provinces also levy their own tobacco taxes. The FEDERAL taxes on 50g go from $2.89 to $5.31
Man this is brutal, 50g tins were already $35 here. I obviously no longer purchase tobacco here, not until its more expensive to order from the states. If that were to happen though, I would just stop smoking pipes.
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