Results tagged “cigarettetax”

When cancer doesn't kill smokers, taxes might, at least if the state has its way. A dangerous individual is threatening our collective well-being with second hand smoke, third hand smoke, and—most importantly—tax evasion. Eighty-year-old Fran Dalton is wanted by the law for buying mail-order cigarettes. Her $15 carton of nonfilter Senecas was purchased from the tribe of the same name. The tribe doesn't have to charge taxes—oh, how kindly America repays its natives—but apparently Fran still has to pay them. The state Department of Revenue has asked Ms. Dalton to fork over $90 in taxes on the $15 carton, which seems a little outrageous. Equally outrageous (and amusing) are some of the Globe comments:

--Boston 911 operators are under scrutiny again because a call taker's error led to a delay in the arrival of police as a 76-year-old man was being beaten. [Boston Globe]