Tax: USA Excise Taxes Report

By Jonathan Last updated Aug 24, 2017

State Cigarette Excise Taxes as of December 2004.

Cigarette Excise Tax State Ranking As of December 2004
Rhode Island	2.46	Arkansas	.59
New Jersey	2.05	Idaho	.59
Michigan	2.00	Indiana	.555
Montana (effective 1/05)	1.70	Delaware	.55
Massachusetts	1.51	Ohio	.55
Connecticut	1.51	West Virginia	.55
New York	1.50	South Dakota	.53
Washington	1.425	New Hampshire	.52
Pennsylvania	1.35	Minnesota	.48
Hawaii	1.30	North Dakota	.44
Oregon	1.28	Alabama	.425
Michigan	1.25	Texas	.41
Vermont	1.19	Georgia	.37
Arizona	1.18	Iowa	.36
Oregon	1.18	Louisiana	.36
Oklahoma (effective 1/05)	1.03	Florida	.339
Alaska	1.00	Virginia (effective 7/05)	.30
District of Columbia	1.00	Tennessee	.20
Maine	1.00	Mississippi	.18
Maryland	1.00	Missouri	.17
Illinois	.98	South Carolina	.07
New Mexico	.91	North Carolina	.05
California	.87	Kentucky	.03
Colorado (effective 1/05)	.84
Nevada	.80
Kansas	.79
Wisconsin	.77
Utah	.695
Nebraska	.64

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