I can't dispute that.
I've seen it here.
We aren't that far from the PA border where smokes are cheaper too.
And the revenue that is lost through lost sales tax, gets taken back from us in taxes in other areas, so we are in a lose-lose situation.
What I was really trying to get across earlier tho, is that it is not just cigarette tax off internet sales that NY is trying to collect on. It is ALL internet sales.
Cigs are bad enough, and they probably have a case under the Jenkins Act...........but anything else????? UM, where have they been for the past few decades for mail order? Internet sales is no different.
Think about it....I open up my xyz catalog and call in or mail in my order..........if I'm in the same state as the catalog I pay the state sales tax, if I'm not, I don't. The internet is no different........just easier to track than snail mail or phone orders.
I just answered my own question, didn't I????