HOW MUCH ARE THE STAMPS FOR CIGARS, SNUFF, CHEWING TOBACCO AND SMOKING TOBACCO?
There is not a stamp for these products, which are referred to as “other tobacco products”. The state tax rates vary, and taxes are paid by filing a monthly state tobacco tax return that is due by the twentieth of the month for the previous calendar month’s activity. The tax for regular cigars is based on the retail selling price, whereas the tax for little cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco and smoking tobacco is based on weight. I AM LOCATED IN ALABAMA AND WANT TO DISTRIBUTE CIGARS AT WHOLESALE IN ALABAMA AND TO OTHER STATES. I WILL RECEIVE THESE CIGARS FROM SUPPLIERS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PUERTO RICO AND OTHER STATES. WHAT ARE MY FILING REQUIREMENTS? Alabama Code Section 40-25-2 states that in addition to all other taxes of every kind imposed by law, every person, firm, corporation, club or association, within the State of Alabama who sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distribution to any person, firm, corporation, club or association, within the State of Alabama, cigar
