California Tobacco Tax Drops a Little

[briarfriar]

Added the word "tobacco" to the title, as without it, several of us Californians would have heart attacks out of joy.

Cigars sold in California are just a bit cheaper today, as the state’s annual tobacco tax equalization changes went into effect, decreasing the state’s tobacco tax rate from 56.32 percent of the wholesale cost to 52.92 percent.

Read all about it here.

 

[FurCoat]

I'm speechless

 

[AJL67]

In the meantime another gas tax is about to go into effect, people in CA are famous for voting in taxes that won't take effect for several years, "well be then it will be different", another 6 or 7 cents a gallon is a hell of a lot more than a couple percent on cigars. There is also the miles driven tax for electric vehicles, save money on gas they said.. LOL

 

[username]

they raised guns and ammo 11% I saw.

 

[litup]

Allow me to restate something the article mentioned for emphasis . . . the tax rate went down because the rate calculation is tied to other economic factors, not because there's been a legislative change of heart in California.

 

[kcghost]

Well, at least it's something.

 

[Terry Lennox]

Interestingly I just noticed on Pipes & Cigars website it says it will begin charging the California excise tax on July 1st. I believe they are the only online retailer outside of CA I know of charging the excise tax.

 

[litup]

Interestingly I just noticed on Pipes & Cigars website it says it will begin charging the California excise tax on July 1st. I believe they are the only online retailer outside of CA I know of charging the excise tax.

Add that to the long list of reasons to not buy from that site unless you absolutely have to.

 

[AJL67]

Interestingly I just noticed on Pipes & Cigars website it says it will begin charging the California excise tax on July 1st. I believe they are the only online retailer outside of CA I know of charging the excise tax.

This is just the latest edition to them charging this tax, they already charge this to people in 10 other states, they all have something in common.
Just another way to milk their citizen's wallets dry.
When i first went to register my car in Cali after i had it shipped there, they wanted me to declare a value on it and pay a tax on that value. Basically they wanted me to pay sales tax on a car i bought in another state 10 yrs before that.

Here is taxation list

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