Wednesday, June 30 2010
30% Cigar Tax Proposal Defeated!
Pennsylvania senators voted against Governor Ed Rendell's 2010-11 budget proposal to levy a whopping 30% tax on
cigars (Other Tobacco Products) in an effort to
plug the Commonwealth's budget shortfall.
This was Governor Ed Rendell's second attempt at proposing a first-ever tax on premium
handmade cigars for the Keystone State.
Pennsylvania is one of only two states that does not tax cigars, with Florida being the other.
CRA would like to thank in large part Pennsylvania's senators and leadership and all the CRA members who took time to contact Governor Rendell and other members of the Commonwealth's leadership to express your opposition to levying any tax on cigars.
This important victory comes within less than 24 hours after our victory in Springfield, Missouri where a proposed smoking ban was defeated due to the overwhelming response of local business owners and CRA members!
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Also see this related article: Pennsylvania's budget agreement is 'not without pain,' Gov. Ed Rendell says
