Http://www.yesmoke.com
Are they speaking from experience or are they living in a dream world.
Survey say's, do they really expect smokers to admit they are circumventing the tax....... get real.
Totalitarians always seem to have the same beliefs.
Revenue drops $84 million below projections; new taxes yet to take effect
Associated Press via Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette
INDIANAPOLIS - State tax revenues in July were $84.2 million below projections, marking a dismal beginning to the new fiscal year with yet another hit on Indiana's tattered finances.
Revenue collections were 11.3 percent below a target that had been revised to reflect the General Assembly's recent passage of a sweeping tax-increase and tax-restructuring package, according to figures released Wednesday.
"This is a disappointment," Gov. Frank O'Bannon said. "While there is some fear at the national level that the United States could go into a double-dip recession - that is, the economy may dip back down after a brief recovery - Indiana has yet to see even an inkling of a recovery."
That means state officials must- Gov. Frank O'Bannon continue to keep a tight grip on finances, he said.
When the tax-and-budget law went into effect July 1, O'Bannon and many lawmakers expressed hope that it would "stop the bleeding" and could help Indiana get through the coming months without more budget cuts or tax increases.
But many of the law's provisions have yet to take effect. Dockside gambling and significant tax increases on casinos did not take effect until this month.
Still, the state expected to take in $28.9 million in cigarette taxes last month to reflect a 40-cent-per-pack tax increase that went into effect July 1. Instead, it collected only $9.8 million.
Collections of individual income taxes for July were $54 million, or 18.6 percent, below target. Sales taxes fell short by $9.4 million, or 2.8 percent, and corporate income taxes were $20.6 million, or 62.2 percent, below the revised forecast.
Overall revenue collections were $20.5 million below that collected in July of last year.
The state ended the last fiscal year on June 30 taking in nearly $297 million less than projected. It marked the first time that Indiana finished two consecutive years of negative revenue growth.
How stupid can they get? I buy online, 5 cartons at a time. I save $40 over the local prices including the shipping. And I'm not in one of those states that has recently increased taxes to exorbitant levels. Yet.
Two "youts" knocked over a Cigarette Shopper the other day in Bangor in broad daylight.
Funny how Prohibition causes things like that to happen.
HaHa! That’s funny!
The hike is part of lawmakers' efforts to find a politically palatable solution to close a looming $23.6 billion gap in the state budget for the fiscal year that started July 1.
Aren’t the California smokers just a little tired of carrying the whole state on their backs?
and the increases are expected to cost smokers an additional $2.2 billion a year.
Wanna bet? If the California smoker is smart, he won’t HAVE to pay into the state coffers anymore!
Or they can quit smoking
LOL! Oh! Really!
And that is a MAJOR part of the problem.