What are taxes in your area?

PipeProfessor

Pennsylvania is currently proposing a 40% tax on tobacco produces...This got me wondering, what are the taxes in your area?

daveinlax

These are excise taxes paid early in the process not sales tax at the register so it's not your going to be paying 40% more than you are now. Here in Wisconsin it 71% of the manufactures price.

https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0169.pdf

When big tobacco gets it's tax parity on RYO pipe tobacco that's when it's really going to hurt. Frankly I'm suprised it hasn't happened yet along with banning mail order tobacco. In all my years of mail ordering I've only been asked to see an ID once and that was from Dunhill's London store many years ago.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/janetnovack/2012/04/18/federal-tax-hike-drives-roll-your-own-smokers-to-pipe-tobacco/#17f5c1c2545f

PipeProfessor

@davinlax The PA budget that just passed included a $0.55 tax on each oz of pipe tobacco, so it's not as bad as what had been proposed earlier. I agree about the online sales. I am shocked that they can still do it. I did see one overseas vender last night that said they could not ship tobacco to the US if paid by credit card, and I just had someone ask me about the same topic today. So there may be some things in the work to regulate this even more. 

ghostsofpompeii

The most recent information indicates that Indiana ranks 37th in the tobacco tax rate in the Country with $0.995 per pack of cigarettes and 24% for chewing and smoking tobacco products.

buflosab

What I cansay concerning pipe Tobbaco is this, a few months ago I was running low and didn't know when my order would arrive,so to be on the safe side I went to Walgreens and bought a 1.5 ounce of Capt. Black and it cost 18.00. So from that point on I made sure my stock was well up to date.

Corey562

@buflosab 18.00 you can buy a 1.5 oz of captin black here for about 6 to maybe and I mean maybe 8 dollars.

buflosab

I gotcha man, before the 18.00 price tag,I was paying 12.99 for 1.5 ounces of Capt.Black which I thought was outrageous. Never again.

ghostsofpompeii

@buflosab Currently P&C is having a special offer on Captain Black one pound tins for $39.00. When you buy the can you get a $20.00 gift card which can be used at a later date. Taking that down to one dollar more than what you are paying for it for a 1.5 oz. pouch. In the past I've also been able to stack coupons and if that's the case  you act now you can also get that spend $20.00 or more and get $20.00 off if you use the Code: Holiday17. And if that's the case the cost of a one pound can might be no more than the price of shipping. Try it first and see if it works. If so you'll be smoking a pound of Captain Black for less than the price of a pouch.

buflosab

Thank you.

CACooper

Here in Utah, with the lowest smoking rate in the nation, pipe tobacco is taxed at 86% of wholesale price. As a result, prices are outrageous, especially on tins. Suffice it to say, I order most of my tobacco online. There’s only 3 tobacco shops in the Salt Lake area and surprisingly, they do fairly well. Pipe and cigar smokers may be few here, but they’re a loyal bunch.

Woodsman

With the feds making noises about a $6 + tax per pound and the states sharpening their claws like PA, I think we're gonna get shredded.

Woodsman

An acquaintance told me he got a pound sent to him from Europe marked Tobacco and it was held in customs till he paid $60.

Corey562

I can see now I wont be doing any international purchases.

ghostsofpompeii

@Woodsman I saw a YouTube video from a Pipe Presenter in Canada who had the same problem ... only the amount he had to pay was over $200.00. Needless to say he wasn't a happy camper.

PappyJoe

Recently placed an order with P&C when they had the "$20 off, no minimum" promotion. The confirmation email had this at the bottom:


Guess I will be more selective when making purchases in the future.

Woodsman

Damn! Looks as if it's starting. Behold the March of the Slavering Weasels. I have friends in PA that are starting to grow their own with some success.