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Tobacco Tax
HST General Transitional Rules has been updated to add the tax policies about the Transitional period around July 1, 2010 when the HST comes into effect.
Tobacco Retailers and Consumers - Please note: Effective February 18, 2009, the tax rate on cigarettes and loose tobacco increases to:
- $37.00 per carton of 200 cigarettes from $35.80
(the increase of $1.20 per carton equals 12¢ per package of 20 cigarettes)
- 18.5¢ per gram of loose tobacco from 17.9¢.
Retailers must ensure the new tax rates are reflected in the price of any cigarettes or loose tobacco sold on, or after, February 18, 2009. There is no change to the tax rate on cigars.
In British Columbia, Tobacco Tax applies to all tobacco products sold by retailers. Tobacco products include cigarettes, tobacco sticks, cigars and loose tobacco products, such as fine cut tobacco, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, raw leaf tobacco and other products that contain tobacco in any form.
Effective September 1, 2007 a separate TRA Certificate is required for each location where tobacco is sold at retail in British Columbia.
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