Roll your own Cigeratte Tax

[dirtpoorchris]

Local News | Legislators considering taxes on roll-your-own cigarettes | Seattle Times Newspaper

Tobacco shops say they would take a serious hit if state lawmakers, struggling to cover a $1 billion budget gap, change how the state taxes roll-your-own machine cigarettes.Those fighting for the change say it would close a tax loophole that gives a burgeoning industry an unfair competitive advantage.The machines in question let consumers roll loose-leaf tobacco into a carton of cigarettes in about 10 minutes, at roughly half the price of a retail carton. That's in part because state taxes — 15 cents per cigarette — don't apply to those produced by the roll-your-own machines.​

What I want to know is this:

Will it also affect my pack of tops that I roll on my own?

Did the sponsor or his friends get a nice kickback from head honcho tabbaco companies?

But supporters of taxing roll-your-owns like retail cigarettes say the Legislature should be more concerned with fairness and public health.​

Did any of these supporters get kickbacks from big tabbacy companies?

If the answer is yes they are hypocrites and need to be routed from office.

 

[beerftw]

you really need to check each individual state and counties tax.i know where im at in texas a small pouch of top costs the same or more as a pack of cigarettes.most other states also tax the crap out of them,the only loophole being most shops now sell rolling tobacco as pipe tobacco,since pipe tobacco isnt taxed that much.

 

[lunchbox]

My question is this: How many more taxes are the American public going to put up with? So far, the running total is a shade under 50.

 

[Sparkles]

My question is this: How many more taxes are the American public going to put up with? So far, the running total is a shade under 50.

You have to remember, there is a large number of people who support taxes on themselves, under the idiocy of thinking it won't effect them.

 

[katiegrrl0]

There are some states where they tax roll your own all ready.

 

[Goshin]

If they tried to tax a can of beer the way they tax a pack of cigarettes (~$3@), then politicians would be hanging from lampposts all through the capitol.....

 

[Sparkles]

If they tried to tax a can of beer the way they tax a pack of cigarettes (~$3@), then politicians would be hanging from lampposts all through the capitol.....

Not true. They will not go straight to $3 a can. It will take years of tiny incremental taxes. Even then, they'll do it with hidden taxes, taxing the transport of beer, taxing the refining of beer. Taxing the whole sale of beer. Much like they do with oil, and even soft drinks.

And like a frog that boils in water, if the heat is raised slow enough, will not jump out, so too will the American public.

 

[beerftw]

Not true. They will not go straight to $3 a can. It will take years of tiny incremental taxes. Even then, they'll do it with hidden taxes, taxing the transport of beer, taxing the refining of beer. Taxing the whole sale of beer. Much like they do with oil, and even soft drinks.

And like a frog that boils in water, if the heat is raised slow enough, will not jump out, so too will the American public.

i wouldnt say slow hidden taxes,in my area chewing tobacco doubled in price over night going from around $5 a pouch to an average of $10 a pouch,all beer in my area went up by noticeable margins,both of those taxes took effect on new years,though im not sure if they are state or just county taxes.

 

[Sparkles]

i wouldnt say slow hidden taxes,in my area chewing tobacco doubled in price over night going from around $5 a pouch to an average of $10 a pouch,all beer in my area went up by noticeable margins,both of those taxes took effect on new years,though im not sure if they are state or just county taxes.

I was referring to beer, as was the context of the post I was replying too.

Smokes and Beer are very different politically. Despite the fact that beer causes far greater damage and social cost, smoking is a politically agreeable target. Society has determined that smoking is evil and bad. Therefore the government can get away with jacking up prices on smokes, under the theory of social good, even though that's completely inaccurate. But politics has never been about accuracy.

 

[beerftw]

I was referring to beer, as was the context of the post I was replying too.

Smokes and Beer are very different politically. Despite the fact that beer causes far greater damage and social cost, smoking is a politically agreeable target. Society has determined that smoking is evil and bad. Therefore the government can get away with jacking up prices on smokes, under the theory of social good, even though that's completely inaccurate. But politics has never been about accuracy.

they jacked up beer too,a 40 oz i could buy for $1.60 in december went to $2.10 in january in my area,almost all beer prices have gone up 2-3 dollars if bought in a case,and everclear has nearly tripled in price in my area since new taxes took effect.