Texas Tax

[oldmooner]

I just ordered a can of tobacco from a place in San Marcos, TX that cost $32 and they charged me over $16 in Texas tobacco tax. Jeeze Louisez!

 

[kamikazesasquatch]

Don't ever move to NY...

 

[markw4mms]

Ouch!

 

[jship079]

Yeah, you have to watch that you must be from texas Huh.

 

[philip]

Consider yourself lucky, oldmooner.
The Tobacco Tax in Washington State is 95%.
Instead of $16, you would have paid $30 here!

 

[judcole]

Governments lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvve "sin taxes".

And note that Texas has had Republican governors for the past 16 years - something I mention only to reinforce the point that this is not a Democrat/Republican issue. They'll all nail ya. :puffpipe:

 

[mluyckx]

It's gotten sobad here that my favorite old B&M decided to go 100% the cigar route. These guys have been here forever and they just can't compete anymore with online stores. Pipe tobacco is taxed higher than cigars. Shucks :x

 

[gecko13]

Time to start buying cigars and cross cutting them into flakes.

 

[judcole]

Time to start buying cigars and cross cutting them into flakes.

8O :roll:
Good cigars cost too much, and bad cigars are crap. ::

 

[lordnoble]

Don't ever move to NY...

My thoughts exactly!
Although,

The Tobacco Tax in Washington State is 95%.

this is worse.
-Jason

 

[rhogg]

Good cigars cost too much, and bad cigars are crap.

Drug/ Convenience store cigars really are awful. Borderline un-smoke-able garbage for the most part. I'm convinced that they pretty much cater to the "empty and roll whacky" crowd. I cant imagine tainting my beloved briars with a Garcia Vega from a plastic tube. Your better off driving to the nearest free state, and loading up on pibe tobac.

 

[lordofthepiperings]

Guess it's like they say "Texas, a whole nother country".

 

[spartan]

I don't buy tins in Texas because of the TAX. Bulk blends only. Total Crap.
Sending my money to other states when I should be supporting TEXAS.

 

[drsam]

I think it was Sam Houston that said "When the Texas Legeslature is in session, no man's purse or honor is safe!)

 

[baronsamedi]

Hopefully they won't do to out of state online tobacco shops what they did to liquor retailers. The Texas state government contacted a shitton of internet liqour stores (such as drinkupny.com where I used to buy absinthe) and told them not to ship to Texas anymore. As far as I know they all complied. Texas loves to keep its "sin tax" money inside state borders. I don't know if they will do that to tobacco shops or if those shops will comply. I would guess they would have to mutually agree, since you can't enforce State law outside its borders and shipping interstate is federal jurisdiction. I'm no expert on that, though.

 

[mluyckx]

+1 on what Spartan said !
Although since sep 2011, I believe the tax bracket is the same at $1.16 / ounce? Most cigars run at $7.50 to $1.50 per thousand. I guess those state legislators are all cigar smokers :rofl: