I'm going by what the local media have been saying, e.g.: "With the hike, Chicago will have the highest cigarette taxes in the nation."--Chicago Sun-Times.
According to the NYC website: "There is a combined City and State cigarette tax of $3.00 per pack on all cigarettes possessed for sale or use in New York City. ($1.50 is New York State tax; $1.50 is New York City tax.)" The BATF website puts the current Federal Excise Tax on a pack of cigarettes at 39 cents. Adding those together, I get $3.39/pack for NYC vs. $4.05/pack for Chicago. What am I missing? (As I understand it, there's no separate county tax in NYC because each county is also a borough, right?)
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I'm going by what the local media have been saying, e.g.: "With the hike, Chicago will have the highest cigarette taxes in the nation."--Chicago Sun-Times.
According to the NYC website: "There is a combined City and State cigarette tax of $3.00 per pack on all cigarettes possessed for sale or use in New York City. ($1.50 is New York State tax; $1.50 is New York City tax.)" The BATF website puts the current Federal Excise Tax on a pack of cigarettes at 39 cents. Adding those together, I get $3.39/pack for NYC vs. $4.05/pack for Chicago. What am I missing? (As I understand it, there's no separate county tax in NYC because each county is also a borough, right?)