Old subject, new Slant. NJ Cigarette tax (sales, luxury)

[Joe__]

.. The entire story is listed on my website including a forged document from a collection agency. The Atty. generals office was notified, with NO responce.

.... Here are the basics.
.. When billing sales tax on cigarettes bought online, NJ raised the price of the cigarettes to what they would have cost in NJ, NOT what was paid for them. Example:

... I paid $18.47 a carton for Maveric 100's ... The price in NJ was $41. and change. When NJ billed the sales tax on these, they used the calculation based on the price that would have been paid in NJ.

... All of the people that got hit with this "rip-off" and no one to my knowledge has ever questioned the price change.

The entire story is posted on my website at {Dull Roar} :: Home "NJ get the lube"

Joe__

[DaSkorpion]

Originally Posted by Joe__

.. The entire story is listed on my website including a forged document from a collection agency. The Atty. generals office was notified, with NO responce.

.... Here are the basics.
.. When billing sales tax on cigarettes bought online, NJ raised the price of the cigarettes to what they would have cost in NJ, NOT what was paid for them. Example:

... I paid $18.47 a carton for Maveric 100's ... The price in NJ was $41. and change. When NJ billed the sales tax on these, they used the calculation based on the price that would have been paid in NJ.

... All of the people that got hit with this "rip-off" and no one to my knowledge has ever questioned the price change.

The entire story is posted on my website at {Dull Roar} :: Home "NJ get the lube"

Joe__

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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...but cigarettes and alcohol are a luxury in NJ and is taxed as such....that's why I definitely choose NOT to smoke or drink

LMFAO

[tahiti]

tax on cigs in NJ is $2.60 a pack or thereabouts.

drive to DE and get em!

personally, i could care less if the tax was $10/pack. way too much personal grief in my life around the cancer sticks for me to give a sh**.

[NJTina]

Here's more bad news for you. Congress is considering another $.61 across the board tax for cigarettes. As a former smoker, I have some empathy. Smokers gave up their rights years ago and it opened the door for every kind of tax hike imagineable. Pariah's we were and the powers that be took advantage of it. When my brand hit $7, I had enough. In my case it was a Blessing in disguise.

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by NJTina

Here's more bad news for you. Congress is considering another $.61 across the board tax for cigarettes. As a former smoker, I have some empathy. Smokers gave up their rights years ago and it opened the door for every kind of tax hike imagineable. Pariah's we were and the powers that be took advantage of it. When my brand hit $7, I had enough. In my case it was a Blessing in disguise.

it absolutely blows.my.mind that if my parents were still alive and smoking as much as in the good old days - their habit would cost them over $15K/yr!

[doc1]

Now, if they raise the taxes on red wines or beer, I'll be stormin' the gov's mansion.

[TimNJtoCT]

Originally Posted by doc1

Now, if they raise the taxes on red wines or beer, I'll be stormin' the gov's mansion.

I'm with you