$10 Cigar Tax??
Posted by Dicksbain on 01 Aug 2007 at 08:18 am | Tagged as: News
It’s been all over the news and on every blog with the exception of ours…till now. If you’ve been out enjoying the summer with some fine stogies, there’s a chance (slim) that you haven’t heard; Under nearly identical bills making their way through the U.S. House and Senate, the federal tax on the highest-priced premium cigars could jump as much as 20,000 percent.
The federal government currently taxes cigars at 4.5 cents each. Under the new bills, the tax rate will jump to 53 percent of the manufacturer’s price, up to a cap of $10 — a jump of 20,000 percent from 4.5 cents.
To put this in real terms, a box of 25 Perdomo ESVs at $11 a stick would take on a $5.83 tax, making them almost $17. The box which would have cost you $287 will now cost $420. That does not include state, county, and city taxes which could easily bring the total close to $500.
This is a cause worth fighting:
Contact your house representatives or state senators.
You have 3 options. 1) Take action. 2) Quit smoking. 3) Get a 2nd Job to pay the tax.
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Not sure what can be done. The non-smokers are in the majority. It would be like passing a tax on all creatures that breathe water….
I don’t like saying this…but people who smoke cigars have to stop voting for Democrats!
Yea they all sounded harmless back in October when they were railing against the Iraq war, but they all have hidden agendas.
Here in Minnesota the Democratic Legislature pretty much tried to tax anything that moved. Luckily the Republican Governor vetoed most of their pork, but some how he signed the state wide smoking ban.
You can’t trust anyone who runs for any political office anymore.
See what Rocky Patel has to say about this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayi8zWrBwug
This is a disgrace.
Like a previous poster suggested: Can we still afford to vote Democrat? Could we ever?
@ Thomas - Thanks for the link. Good speech by Rocky. We must ALL fight this or give up cigars…
Ill smoke them regardless of taxes.
Otherwise, they win.
ironmeden,
Yeah, those Republicans are a little better at not raising taxes. I guess the Republicans are just better at spending money they don’t have. (Iraq War = 10,000,000 an hour)
Aside from that, this tax sucks and I thank the website for giving me quick and easy links to my sens and reps.