Sunday, March 20, 2011
legislature Council on Indian Affairs to Consider Cigarette Taxes
Posted by George Prentice on Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:55 AM
Lawmakers will reignite the possibility of boosting cigarette taxes on Monday.
Legislators and tribal leaders will huddle at the Statehouse in a meeting of the Idaho Council on Indian Affairs where they will consider proposed legislation to increase the state tax on a pack of smokes.
Legislation is being proposed that could bump the tax on cigarettes by as much as $1.25 a pack (state tax is currently 57 cents a pack). The bill could include a provision to have tribes adopt the same increase. House Speaker Lawerence Denney said he'd like to see tribes at least charge tax on any sales to non-tribal members.
A $1.25 sales tax increase is expected to generate $45 to $50 million in revenues. Sponsors said they'd like to see that money earmarked for Health and Welfare needs.
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Good raise the tax to the roof.Maybe it will help the poor folks kick the habit.....wait they don't want anyone to stop because it would be a loss of income for the state...AND they will stop getting cig. company settlement money.....Damn hard choice....BLOOD MONEY or HELP the masses stop smoking
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Actually, if Idaho raised thier cigarette tax, the state would still recieve every dollar from the Master Settlement Agreement that they did before. One is not dependant on the other.
Please, get off smokers' back! How long smokers will be a cash cow for our government. It seems like all this hubbub around smoking was exaggerated with the main purpose - to get as much tax revenue from smokers as possible. I said "no" to American cigarettes, starting to order European cigarettes online. Cigarettes from Eastern Europe are not worse however cost much cheaper. I pay just $20,40 per carton of Marlboro at http://www.smokin4free.com/. That is three times less than at my local cigarette shop.
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