Punched in the Face by Virginia Excise Tax on Tobacco Products

[beezer]

Morning Pipers,

The last pipe tobacco order I made was back in November 2020 and after running low on a few blends I went online to purchase a bunch and noticed at checkout there was an excise tax applied that amounted to 20% of my total order. I was stunned. I did a bit of research and saw that as of 01 January a new excise tax on tobacco products went into affect in Virginia in order to pay for the Virginia Health Care Fund.

I must have been asleep at the pipe on this one because I totally missed this piece of legislation.

Needless to say I cancelled the order...

 

[Infantry23]

Yeah man, the excise tax in Maryland is crazy too. I ship my stuff to PA where it's definitely more reasonable.

 

[fightnhampster]

Ouch!

 

[FurCoat]

It's only going to get worse

 

[anotherbob]

and compared to other forms of smoking we're still getting the most bang for our buck. I've thought about that. And still better then cigs or cigars.

 

[pantsBoots]

and compared to other forms of smoking we're still getting the most bang for our buck. I've thought about that. And still better then cigs or cigars.

Except for snuff, pipes offer the most bang for the bux

 

[rajangan]

Lol, the tax we pay in Alberta is 0.49¢/g on the base price, plus another 5% on the total at the till. It's already been proven that people will pay because they do. Stock up before VA catches up to AB. Not so much a question of if, but when.

 

[bullet08]

What was the saying? "Two things in life are certain. Tax and death."

 

[americaman]

Virginia became a California wannabe state very recently and they have been piling on new legislation ever since. As someone mentioned above, don’t expect it to stop.

 

[anotherbob]

What was the saying? "Two things in life are certain. Tax and death."

no it's death and Texas.

 

[GCW]

I definitely feel your pain here in WA state where prices are exorbitant. Even cheap bulk blends are cost-prohibitive here and few E-tailers are willing to ship to WA state.

 

[jrharrigan]

Morning Pipers,

The last pipe tobacco order I made was back in November 2020 and after running low on a few blends I went online to purchase a bunch and noticed at checkout there was an excise tax applied that amounted to 20% of my total order. I was stunned. I did a bit of research and saw that as of 01 January a new excise tax on tobacco products went into affect in Virginia in order to pay for the Virginia Health Care Fund.

I must have been asleep at the pipe on this one because I totally missed this piece of legislation.

Needless to say I cancelled the order...

For a jack like that you need to find someone in another state who will receive your orders and then forward them along to you.

 

[gervais]

Living in the great white North, I feel your pain my friend. Better find a loophole

 

[judcole]

"Sin taxes" have always been popular with legislators.

 

[beezer]

Yeah, I expect the price of everything I enjoy in life to go up dramatically over the next several years and have been buying while the buying is good for a while now.

With regards to pipe tobacco, specifically, I anticipated this day years ago and have a cellar that will likely out live me, but there are still favorites I wanted to top off and a number of new-to-me blends I wanted to try but there's just no way in hell I'm paying a 20% excise tax on them. Others have it worse where they live sure, but out of principal I'm unwilling to pay the "sin tax."

I hope folks will hear the ring of this bell and start/continue/finish their cellars. It indeed is going to get worse.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

What was the saying? "Two things in life are certain. Tax and death."

I would add people asking "is my Peterson drilled funny or is it meant to be like that?" to the saying.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

All this is child's play compared to what nations up here in Scandinavian countries are facing, they're taxing us to death

 

[kcghost]

It's just a matter of time before tobacco is totally outlawed.

 

[sablebrush52]

It's just a matter of time before tobacco is totally outlawed.

Not gonna happen. It's unnecessary. Death by a thousand cuts is working just fine. Prohibition doesn't work.

As for the taxes, consider it the cost of doing business and stock up before taxes and prices increase. We're still paying much less than the rest of the planet, with a wider selection that much of the planet.

 

[SoddenJack]

In the not too distant future we’ll all need to apply for our yearly smoking permits (or smoking loicense for our UK members).