[Malacoda]

Ping.

[rhombus]

under a federal law called the Jenkins Act, tobacco companies who sell their products to out-of-state consumers must report sales information to the state where the consumer lives.

Why is only the tobacco industry subject to these reporting laws? What's next?

[xcamel]

Offshore companies don't have to report anything.

[Dallas59]

Why do you have to report that you bought cigarettes in the first place?

[Snoopers-868th]

Government and business are the only ones that are "entitled" to cross state lines for the cheapest rate. The rest of us have the tax bill to pay and make up for lost taxes while the states continue to send more and more services out of state or country to be performed for the cheapest wage.

[Lancey Howard]

New Jersey residents who buy their cigarettes over the Internet are experiencing a big reason to quit get out of New Jersey as fast as they can: huge sales tax bills.

[TexasTransplant]

How quaint, Government will force Citizens to pay Taxes and yet

1. To get new manufacturing they will lure companies in with super low or zero Tax
2. You can be an Illegal Immigrant and not pay Income Tax
3. Wonder what Kerry or Kennedy's Tax would be if they had to pay the same as everyone else. (sure we can all find Tax loopholes, theirs just seem to be so much more personal, they fit like a tailored suit)
4. People cross City / State lines all the time to get break on Taxes.
5. Wasn't the dim bulb Congress just a few years ago seriously considering sending us to Canada for Prescription drugs.
TT

[Gabz]

And another Nanny State Insanity PING....


Did these people never get the idea if they LOWERED the tax people would seek to make purchases elsewhere????

[spunkets]

"$4,115.28 for the Pall Mall cigarettes he purchased online from July 2003 to March 2005."

That's almost 4 packs a day. He won't need to be embalmed.

[basil]

Gotta hand it to New Jersey--they have it ALL!

[Alberta's Child]

These folks have learned a valuable lesson . . .

If you're looking to avoid paying exorbitant taxes on your cigarettes, your best course of action would be to buy your cigarettes at an Indian reservation or take a long trip down to Kentucky or North Carolina once a year to stock up on several hundred cartons.

[mysterio]

Anti-tobacco zealots enabling government tyranny example number 10,567,258.

[deport]

Folks this isn't a new law..... It was passed in 1949

CHAPTER 10A—COLLECTION OF STATE CIGARETTE TAXES

TITLE 15 > CHAPTER 10A > § 376	Prev | Next
§ 376. Reports to State tobacco tax administrator
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(a) Contents Any person who sells or transfers for profit cigarettes in interstate commerce, whereby such cigarettes are shipped into a State taxing the sale or use of cigarettes, to other than a distributor licensed by or located in such State, or who advertises or offers cigarettes for such a sale or transfer and shipment, shall— (1) first file with the tobacco tax administrator of the State into which such shipment is made or in which such advertisement or offer is disseminated a statement setting forth his name and trade name (if any), and the address of his principal place of business and of any other place of business; and (2) not later than the 10th day of each calendar month, file with the tobacco tax administrator of the State into which such shipment is made, a memorandum or a copy of the invoice covering each and every shipment of cigarettes made during the previous calendar month into such State; the memorandum or invoice in each case to include the name and address of the person to whom the shipment was made, the brand, and the quantity thereof. (b) Presumptive evidence The fact that any person ships or delivers for shipment any cigarettes shall, if such shipment is into a State in which such person has filed a statement with the tobacco tax administrator under subsection (a)(1) of this section, be presumptive evidence (1) that such cigarettes were sold, or transferred for profit, by such person, and (2) that such sale or transfer was to other than a distributor licensed by or located in such State.

[Temple Owl]

Which states to not tax tobacco products?

[BallyBill]

I've only bought Native smokes right from the Mohawk Nation. Since they made all on line orders come through USPS recently I knew that something was up.

I started to chew and dip, so I hope they stand back if they knock on my door for back taxes.

[MaxMax]

Next,
If you take a paid vacation to NJ you'll have to pay them a percentage
of your payroll taxes for every hour spent there..

Wait and see.

[Cobra64]

Roll 'em. $9.00 a carton.

[Just another Joe]

This is another reason that I started stuffing my own using locally bought products.

[KoRn]

ping

[Grizzled Bear]

I'm glad I quit a few years ago. Otherwise I would be forced to mooch off of my friends. ;-)