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  • Smokers asked to cough up taxes for Web buys

    02/21/2005 6:46:21 AM PST · by Zon · 299 replies · 3,573+ views
    CNET News.com ^ | February 18, 2005, 3:31 PM PST | Alorie Gilbert
    Hundreds of Michigan residents are getting a big surprise this tax season--hefty tax bills for cigarettes they bought online over the past four years. The state sent the bills to 553 residents last week after subpoenaing 13 online tobacco shops for names of Michigan customers and their order histories, a Michigan Treasury Department spokesman Caleb Buhs said on Friday. The tax bills are based on information from just one store, and the state expects to collect more names from the others. Collectively, the people receiving this first round of bills owe the state $1.4 million, an average of $2,500 per...