Alberta - increases tobaco tax as of April 8, 2009..

April 10, 2009 -

Tax and Revenue Administration
Alberta Tobacco Tax Act
Special Notice Vol. 3 No. 11
Released: April 7, 2009
Produced by: Alberta Finance, Tax and Revenue Administration
For more information: tra.revenue@gov.ab.ca

Vol. 3 No. 11 / April 2009

ALBERTA TOBACCO TAX ACT SPECIAL NOTICE:
Tobacco Tax Increase

Alberta will increase its tobacco tax rates effective 12:01 a.m. April 8, 2009. Tobacco tax rates effective April 8, 2009 will be as follows:

Cigarettes and Tobacco Sticks
* 20.0 cents for each cigarette
* 20.0 cents for each tobacco stick

Tobacco
Fine Cut 30.0 cents for each gram or any portion of a gram
Pipe 30.0 cents for each gram or any portion of a gram
Chewing tobacco, snuff 30.0 cents for each gram or any portion of a gram

Cigars
* 103% of the taxable price of the cigar
* The minimum tax will be $0.20 and the maximum tax will be $6.27 per cigar.

Reference: ALBERTA TOBACCO TAX ACT SPECIAL NOTICE, Alberta Government, 4/8/2009.