UAEinteract.com - News (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
UAE's Federal Customs Authority (FCA) has asserted that it has no plans to increase tobacco tax to a 200pc level. Deputy Director General of the FCA Saeed Bin Khalifa Al Marri dismissed reports suggesting a 200pc tax hike as false, and said that it i
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
... more Maryland residents in Virginia buying cigarettes.The fallout from raising the to bacco tax was the subject of much debate in the Maryland General Assembly.During a special legislative session last year, proposed raising a number of taxes, including the tobacco tax, as part of a broader package to plug a $1.7 billion budget shortfall. Proponents of boosting the tobacco...
"Brew" Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Hazelnut and French Vanilla. Here’s a label application with the Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The two varieties of the Nog extension show up on lines 566 and 567 of Missouri’s brand label registration log.
Capital Note (Free subscription) | yesterday
... 42 and 2006's Proposition 1A ) to early childhood programs (through 1998's Proposition 10 tobacco tax) and even money for mental health programs (2004's Proposition 63 ). While there's not enough money in these accounts to completely close the budget gap, it's believed that these bucks, plus spending cuts and... well, some good old-fashioned budget gimmicks... could probably get the state...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Sparks Plus, with 7% alcohol.Sparks Red is 8% alcohol, according to filings with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, a federal government agency that regulates alcoholic beverages. It will be sold starting in October.The Center for Science in the Public Interest says Sparks contains stimulants that are not officially approved for use in alcoholic drinks. The group also accuses...
Wine Spectator (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
> St.-Emilion Wines Allowed Into U.S. Friday, August 08, 2008Tuesday, July 29, 2008Monday, July 07, 2008Thursday, July 03, 2008Friday, May 16, 2008St.-Emilion Wines Allowed Into U.S.U.S. agency will inspect labels from Bordeaux châteaus demoted by government decisionDiana Macle and Mitch FrankThe U.S Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is no longer withholding approval for St.-Emilion...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
The former operators of a Native American smoke shop have pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for selling untaxed cigarettes.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
TACOMA, Wash. -- The former operators of a Native American smoke shop have pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for selling untaxed cigarettes.
Decanter.com (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
... and Monbousquet, are understood to be the focus of the investigation by the American Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). Related stories:The wines were technically demoted in status by a government ruling last month that restored all St Emilion wines to the 1996 classification, following a legal dispute over the 2006 classification. The chateaux were promoted to Premier Grand...
Medical,Health News and Articles (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
... (R) said that instead of cuts, lawmakers should be working to reduce Medicaid fraud and collect tobacco taxes from products sold on American Indian reservations, which could reach $400 million annually (Karlin, Albany Times Union, 8/12). Reprinted with kind permission from http://www.kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives,...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
... (R) said that instead of cuts, lawmakers should be working to reduce Medicaid fraud and collect tobacco taxes from products sold on American Indian reservations, which could reach $400 million annually (Karlin, Reprinted with kind permission from . You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at . The Kaiser Daily Health...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
... from private health insurance to government-sponsored coverage. He also opposed the increase in tobacco taxes that would have paid for the expansion.
