Even with smuggling on the decline, the estimated volumes were still considerable: Between 135 million and 278 million packs of cigarettes were estimated to have illegally entered California in fiscal year 1998, representing between $50 million and $103 million in potential excise tax revenue.[199] The moderate decline in illicit smuggling that lasted 10 years between 1988 and 1998 ended when California voters raised the cigarette tax by 50 cents per pack, from 37 cents to 87 cents, by approving Proposition 10 in November 1998
Marianos offers roughly 1,500 SKUs, with 55 percent of sales in wine, 25 percent in beer and 20 percent in spirits
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Take Your Claim to the Office of Tax Appeals The final administrative appeal option for tobacco tax and licensing citations is through a petition for review before the California Office of Tax Appeals (OTA)