Posted on 08/12/2002 6:47:03 AM PDT by SheLion
Massachusetts smokers comprise only 20% of the adult population in the state. Here is what they already pay because they choose to buy a legal product:
Smokers Pay Excise Taxes
$ 271,541,920
Smokers Pay Sales Taxes
$ 71,458,400
Smokers Pay Tobacco Settlement Payments
$ 240,300,000
Smokers’ Economic/Tax Profile
Income
Smokers’ median income 2000
$ 37,175
Median Income Smoker State Tax Liability
Yearly state tax liability (married filing jointly)
$ 1,533
Yearly state tax liability (married with two children filing jointly)
$ 1,427
Smoker Excise Tax/Sales Tax/Tobacco Settlement Payment Liability
Total average paid per Massachusetts smoker in excise/sales taxes
$ 354
Price per Massachusetts smoker for settlement payments to the state
$ 248
Total annual payment to Massachusetts per smoker
$ 602
Massachusetts Smoker Facts
Massachusetts smoker payments in 2001 were more than nine times larger than state revenues from excise taxes on alcoholic beverages ($64 million).
2001 Massachusetts smoker payments could supply all the funds that the governor is budgeting for FY2002-2006 capital spending on:
University of Massachusetts’ facilities – all campuses ($247 million)
Public safety and correctional facilities ($180 million) Public housing ($507 million)
Information technology ($501 million).
Massachusetts 2001 smoker payments would also supply enough dollars to support FY2002 spending on:
Sheriffs statewide ($193.2 million)
Local aid for public school construction through the School Building Assistance program ($375 million).
In 1997, smokers supported 9,739 jobs that paid an additional $17,557,097 in state and local personal income and corporate taxes.
CIGARETTES DON’T PAY TAXES – MASSACHUSETTS SMOKERS DO!!
Massachusetts Data Sources
Total packs sold = 357,292,000 (Orzechowski & Walker from Massachusetts Department of Revenue)
Excise taxes = packs sold multiplied by excise tax rate ($.76)
Sales taxes = packs sold multiplied by sales tax rate (5% or $.20 per pack)
MSA Payments from Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
Number of smokers (970,142)= Census Bureau 2000 Massachusetts 18+ population (4,850,071) multiplied by CDC’s 2000 percent of adults who are smokers (20%)
Total paid per smoker excise & sales taxes = total excise and sales taxes paid ($343,000,320) divided by number of smokers (970,142)
Total paid per smoker for MSA payments = MSA payments ($240,300,000) divided by number of smokers (970,142)
Smokers’ median income per CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2000, public use data
Massachusetts smoker facts from Executive Office for Administration and Finance, Fiscal Affairs Division, The Governor’s Budget Recommendation Fiscal Year 2003:
Budget and Economic Overview, January 23,2002. Online at www.state.ma.us/bb/fy2003h1/govs_message/overview.htm
Jobs created and personal/corporate income tax paid from Economic Impact of Tobacco 1997.
California Smokers'Contribution To The State Economy -2001
MICHIGAN SMOKERS' CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE ECONOMY - 2001
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