Cigarette Tax: General Assembly Votes to Kill 4,100 Jobs
Download the .pdf version here. With the House and Senate voting to override the governor’s veto of a 50-cent cigarette tax increase, it’s worthwhile to revisit the reasons why…
5 Things You Need to Know About the Cigarette Tax Increase
Just last week, the House Ways & Means Committee pushed through a 30 cent per pack cigarette tax increase as a proposed proviso in the FY10-2011 budget. The tax increase…
Proposed Cigarette Tax Increase to Cost SC 4,100 Private-Sector Jobs
Legislation under consideration by the South Carolina Senate would raise the cigarette tax by 700 percent and cost the state more than 4,100 jobs, according to a dynamic analysis conducted…
Cigarette Tax Increase
Written by: Sven Larson, PhD The tax increase passed by the General Assembly, and vetoed by the Governor, would have used new revenue largely to expand Medicaid eligibility. Medicaid costs…
The Economic Impact of a 45 Cent Tobacco Tax Increase
Despite a surplus of more than $1.3 billion in tax revenues for 2006, lawmakers in Columbia are looking to increase taxes on cigarettes by 45 cent a pack. Not satisfied…
How A Tobacco Tax Increase Would Negatively Impact South Carolina
Another Year, Another Tax Hike Proposal: How A Tobacco Tax Increase Would Negatively Impact South Carolina Tax and spend advocates have long argued that South Carolina needs to increase its…
No Taxation Through Litigation
Written by: Peter J. Ferrara In his State of the Union Address in January, 1999, President Clinton announced that the Justice Dept. is preparing a litigation plan to take the…