Styles Removed from Tobacco Directory
This week the Attorney General announced that multiple styles were removed from the California Tobacco Directory. To read the announcement, and the full list of styles click HERE. In all over 60 styles were removed from the directory by the Attorney General.
Legislative Update: May 24, 2019
The process: The 27th of May marks the house of origin deadline in the State Assembly and State Senate. This means that every bill that has been proposed this year has to at least have been passed by the entire body of the house in which the bill was proposed, or that measure will be […]
New Tax Rate on Other Tobacco Products Effective July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020
The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration has announced a newly approved tax rate for non-cigarette tobacco products. See below for the text of the Special Notice, or click HERE to view the original. The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) recently approved the new tax rate of 59.27 percent effective July […]
Legislative Update: May 9, 2019
The process: Bills have now been reviewed by policy committees in their house of origin. Next comes the fiscal deadline where bills that contain significant costs to the state are reviewed by the Appropriations committees in their respective houses. The Appropriations committees use a process called the Suspense File to group all bills with costs […]
Stay Sharp, Stay Safe
In the course of a workday, you may come across a sharp or pointed object while working in an office, a restaurant, hotel, hospital or store. Whether it’s a needle, knife, broken glass, scissors, pointed pencil, staple or tool, if you’re not following safe working practices, you could end up with a cut, puncture, nick […]
Revision to Cigarette and Tobacco Products
Revisions to Cigarette and Tobacco Products Tax Returns, Reports, License Renewals and the Launch of Online Filing Effective August 12, 2019. Cigarette Manufacturer’s Tax Return and License Renewal Will Move to the New Online Services System Effective August 12, 2019 Cigarette Distributor’s Tax Report and License Renewal Will Move to the New Online Services System […]
An Update on Federal Issues: ATF and Contraband Cigarettes
CDA has become aware that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) has begun to enforce more aggressively a decades old law known as the Trafficking in Contraband Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco Act. This can affect all distributors, but especially those which have a cash and carry business operated from their warehouses, branches, offices, […]
2018 Tobacco Products Rate
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TAX AND FEE ADMINISTRATION HAS POSTED THE 2018 OTP RATE EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018 AT 62.78% ON THEIR WEBPAGE. THEY WILL BE SENDING A FORMAL NOTICE IN MID MAY.