Cigarette Tax State Terrorism

Title : "Cigarette Tax State Terrorism".Business,Online Shopping,Recreation Leisure       Cigarette      Tax State Terrorism    by Jack Petith      from www.nativeblend.net    A $2,000 cigarettes tax bill?      For most of us it's like a direct hit by a Category        5 Hurricane, or a direct lightning strike!     Devastating. Shocking. You probably see this kind of      thing reported on the news, but I've personally received      several emails recently from smoker friends about being      Tax Raped for their cigarettes purchases: over 500 dollars      in one case, and almost 2,000 in another!    I've had almost 10 years of experience      with the online cigs business, and I have to tell you:      Things have changed dramatically in the last two years!      I mean it is NOT like it used to be. You simply CANNOT      buy cigarettes or tobacco online the way you used to.        You have to buy  much smarter today - or you'll pay      the price.    The Tax Ghouls      are on a rampage, smokers are getting tax-raped all over      the country, and I'm now more convinced than ever that      every smoker in America needs a 100%        IMPENETRABLE SHIELD against      these outrages. Without it, you're just a sitting duck.      It's like playing Russian Roulette with every tobacco      purchase and you're just waiting for the turn of the      taxman's fatal bullet.    One answer to the Taxman problem that some smokers are      using is going Duty Free. This option may be marginally      safe at the moment, and it may also fail quite badly.      I've heard from DF customers whose shipments were seized      by Customs. And there may be reporting issues with Visa      or even with Bank debit E-Checks. More below on all this.     Smokers' Privacy and Tax Safety are the Number One        Issue for online tobacco purchases today.    How to deal with the  Privacy issue:      from www.nativeblend.net    REMEMBER:       If you don't KEEP your Savings - They are NO LONGER        Savings!    "The Good Ol' Days" are GONE and it is no      longer safe to shop by price alone. Unfortunately, simplicity      and convenience are now secondary too. If you ignore      these brute facts of the real world, you are      at serious Risk of getting a Big Ugly TAX SURPRISE.    There are TWO Main Areas that present a Tax Danger to      You:          Reporting by your VENDOR of your purchases to your        state Tax Authority, and      Reporting by the PAYMENT PROCESSOR of your        purchase.         Vendor Reports -      It's not good enough that your current supplier is not        reporting your purchases - or so you think. Vendors        can be subjected to awful threats by the state, and        many vendors have succumbed, or will succumb to them,         and then they start to report. Next thing you know:        you're being taxed.     What's more, when vendors start reporting they very      rarely make it obvious to you!     CC and Bank Reports -      You might also be betrayed to the taxman by your payment        method: If you pay by credit card, you are either already        being taxed (in the price you pay) or you're being        reported by the vendor or the CC company - simple as        that. Don't use a card for US vendors!     And if you pay by Bank E-Check, you may be reported      any day now. It's widely expected that the banks will      follow the example of the credit card companies and report      online cigarettes purchases to state tax authorities.      The paper trail is there, all they have to do is use      it.     An Impenetrable Shield Against        Tax Ghouls -      So, it's my business to understand these issues and to        help you in these matters. And now that I'm a referral        member with SSO, I've had to really look at these questions        of tax vulnerability and privacy in order to understand        exactly how and why SSO is built the way it is.     SSO was conceived and built to be totally private      for its members, and secure against lost savings and      unwelcome tax invasions. And that's why I now consider      SSO to be the ONLY safe and sensible way to buy cigarettes      online.     SSO has addressed the two main danger areas by,       1)       being      incorporated in Panama - free of US and State tax agency        harassments, and       2)       by using its own Private Payment Card - a payment      system that is totally independent of the credit card      companies and the banks and that leaves NO paper trail!     It's true that SSO's safety provisions make things slightly      more complicated when you first join - but it's simple      from there on. The added complications basically amount      to this:     1) You have to pay to join the club - $24.95 only once      - and mail a check or money order.      2) You need to fund your SSO Private Payment Card and      use it to order.    Not really so complicated - not in today's world!       And that's about it - not bad for very competitive savings      that you WILL keep, for total privacy, peace of mind,      no worries, and absolutely no tax surprises! I'd call      that a good deal.    In the end, the more I understand the unique structure      of SSO's cigarettes buyers club, the more convinced I      become that SSO is the ONLY safe      way for Americans to buy cigarettes online.     Sovran Solutions Online - SSO - is the      American smokers' IMPENETRABLE SHIELD:    from www.nativeblend.net/sso.htm    Try this  Realty Check -    Am I just "blowing smoke" about all this safety stuff?        Check this out:    Here are just a few examples of typical      so-called "Privacy Policy" statements from a handful      of major online cigarettes vendors. Note that this stuff      is frequently buried and/or misleading. Sometimes the      subject is not even dealt with in any detail - watch      out for those! And, indeed, for these!           OT / OSD - Ordersmokesdirect:         "We will not release your information to third        parties not authorized by you or by law. And we give        you the opportunity to correct your personal contact        and billing information at any time.       "        As part of the Seneca Nation of Indians and the Iroquois        Confederacy, OrderSmokesDirect is currently not required        to collect state sales tax for products sold on Native        land. Nonetheless, we are required        under federal law to report all sales and shipments        of cigarettes to the state taxing authority within        your home state."        from from www.ordersmokesdirect.com/info/privacy.asp        And another sure give-away:         They take credit        cards, Visa and M/C! In such cases, either the smokes        are taxed before you get them - or you'll get a tax        bill from your state!       "You should be advised,          however, that federal law requires us to report all          sales and shipments of cigarettes to your state’s          taxing authority."         They have some very attractive prices. Until the TAX        Bill arrives! And this statement only appears after        a bunch of yadayadayadah about protecting your privacy!                from https://www.greatwolftobacco.com/HTML/GWT/aboutus_privacy.asp      "It is the responsibility          of the Buyer to ascertain and comply with any laws        in regard to the purchase and use of any cigarette          products. In order to determine the applicable limits          on purchases or taxing responsibilities, if any,          imposed by your particular state; the consumer may          want to contact their state authorities."        If they don't report you, why should you concern yourself.        This looks like double-talk to me!         from      from www.notaxcigs.net/legelinfo.asp       "We respect our customers'          privacy.   "It is the responsibility of the  buyer to ascertain        and comply with any laws in regard to the purchase        and use of any cigarette products. In order to determine        the applicable limits on purchases or taxing responsibilities,        if any, imposed by your particular state, the consumer        may want to contact their state authorities."        Just like the one just above: If you don't like        what happens to you, it's your fault!         from from www.cigarettesamerica.com/ordering.html      "It is the responsibility          of the Buyer to ascertain and comply with any laws          in regard to the purchase and use of any cigarette          products. In order to determine the applicable limits          on purchases or taxing responsibilities, if any,          imposed by your particular state, the consumer may          want to contact their state authorities. myCigarettes.com        will charge sales tax if the order is being shipped        to any of the following states: North Carolina, Virginia        or Kentucky."         Seems like they are all covering themselves from the        same script! But there's more, see the next item. .        .         from from www.mycigarettes.com/legal_information.asp       THEN -  buried on another page on the same mycigarettes.com        site:        "myCigarettes.com reserves        the right to share personal individual information        with legal authorities to the extent required by law."        from www.mycigarettes.com/privacy_policy.asp          Ducking the Taxman - and ducking all those who would      feed him your purchase information - to the first priority      for smokers in America who want to save on smokes online.      Few and fewer of the traditional online sources can be      trusted, and it looks to me like SSO is the wave of the      future.    Jack Petith      www.nativeblend.net