Wisconsin Sales Tax on Tobacco Starting Jan. 1, 2025

[ThomasS]

I’m getting my tobacco seeds from Ontario.

Also seriously contemplating the whole leaf places, which doesn’t count as a tobacco product yet. Maybe C&D will start making “blend kits” of whole leaves and a jar of flavor essence

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Yep, I've never spent much at a time on tobacco, but I dropped a couple hundred in the last few days, in case this turned out to be true. Somehow I wondered if it wouldn't really happen...but it did. Glad I erred on the side of caution.

Just checked myself and am glad I bought what I did over the past few months. Still, glad I’m not up in Canada

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Well I did check if the excise taxes apply to pipes and they do not. So I’ll get a few more this year.

 

[LeafErikson]

Happy New Year everyone. Just checked SmokingPipes and there's the highly anticipated 71% excise tax.

 

[Ziller]

Yeah, I'm in WI too. This thread is what made me stockpile a lot of my favorite blends even more deeply last year. Good thing I did too with how many of them are going to be discontinued with the whole thing going on with STG, Mac Baren and Sutliff. Most of them are straight VA or VaPer blends so I expect them to age well. And seeing how my favorite blend(HH Pure VA) is almost certainly going away I'm very glad I should have enough to last me forever unless I smoke nothing else.

I checked with SP and P&C and saw the excise tax now, yikes. Glad I've been stocking up the past few years. I might be done buying tobacco unless something really interests me.

 

[Snook]

And here I was thinking Wisconsin would be a good contender for relocating one day...

 

[mingc]

And here I was thinking Wisconsin would be a good contender for relocating one day...

Minnesota. It's just like Wisconsin but without the highway billboards!

 

[Snook]

Minnesota. It's just like Wisconsin but without the highway billboards!

Ohhhhhh yeahhh. But what about the skeeters?

 

[mingc]

Ohhhhhh yeahhh. But what about the skeeters?

Oops. I forgot!

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Ohhhhhh yeahhh. But what about the skeeters?

You don’t think we lack for skeeters here in Wisconsin? Hooo boy do I got something to tell ya….

 

[Snook]

You don’t think we lack for skeeters here in Wisconsin? Hooo boy do I got something to tell ya….

Guess I'll just move to Iowa.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

Guess I'll just move to Iowa.

And do what? Look at the corn sweat all day wishing you were doing fun things in Wisconsin?

 

[Snook]

And do what? Look at the corn sweat all day wishing you were doing fun things in Wisconsin?

Yeah... good point. I guess Iowa probably has skeeters too.

Wisconsin is back on the list!

 

[ThomasS]

Can’t tax this … na na na na..,
(Or is it a very freaky plant… the sort you don’t take home to mama…)

 

[Philosophical Smoke]

I don't know how your neighboring state pipe brothers feel about it, but I'd gladly help you flip a bird to your state govt. If you were willing to drive to another state for pickup, we could place an order for you and you just come get it. That's my thought at least.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Yep, I've never spent much at a time on tobacco, but I dropped a couple hundred in the last few days, in case this turned out to be true. Somehow I wondered if it wouldn't really happen...but it did. Glad I erred on the side of caution.

You can't lose. Worst ways you'd have ended up with some great tobacco to smoke that will never be cheaper. If armageddon happens (it did) then you've got some great tobaccos to smoke that are no longer available and will be selling on Tinbids in the not to distant future for a lot more than you paid for them.

 

[nh_stumpjumper]

Just ordered some Mac Baren from momscigars dot com and saw this notice

Important Information​

• Virginia law does not require the collection of state excise taxes on purchases made by non-Virginia customers and/or retailers. It is the sole responsibility of each purchaser to comply with any and all applicable laws of your particular jurisdiction regarding the payment of taxes.

hmmm

 

[buroak]

Missouri has the lowest sin taxes in the civilized world, whether on booze, tobacco or weed.

The Wisconsin 71% tax on loose tobacco and 100% tax on moist snuff has been around for decades.

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Do your sinning in Missouri, folks.

I can buy two pounds of Bouy Gold for $25 tax paid and smoke an ounce a day for a month. The tax here is 10% of list price to the retailer.

Since the wholesale on Bouy is likely not ten dollars it would add seven dollars a pound in Wisconsin. And they’d have the same per cent markup, so you might pay $50 for two pounds of Buoy in Wisconsin.

My mother told me not to smoke.

But if I’d listened I’d have blown the money on something else, you know?

My good ol‘ Missouri home!

 

[lupy1234]

As a friend, I can help...shoot a DM

 

[Ziller]

So I placed an order from a certain Squire today, and got a shipping number already, payment went through, no 71% tax.