CIGARETTE TAX GOING UP
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 -- 2:57 PM
Wisconsin's cigarette tax becomes the 12th highest in the nation on January first when it goes up a $1 per pack to $1.77.The highest is New Jersey at $2.58 a pack.
Wisconsin and other states either don't know who is buying cigarettes over the Internet and not paying state taxes, or they know and don't go after the culprits.
Some states make high-profile attempts to collect taxes owed on cigarette sales. But even when they do, many Web sites skirt the law by operating overseas or on American Indian reservations where state laws are largely unenforceable.
Tracking down who bought what, and determining how much they owe, is a loophole that anti-smoking advocates and others want to see closed.
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