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Fact Sheet on New York State Cigarette Sales Since the Doubling of the Cigarette Tax in 650000 and the Beginning of Cigarette Bootlegging

Date: Feb 1971 (est.)
Length: 2 pages
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FACT'SHEET ONiN~ YORK STATE CIGARETTE SALES SINf' THE DOUBLING OF THE CIGARETTE TAX ][N 1965 AND THE BEGINNING OF' CINTTE BOOTLEGGING . V 1. Decline in New York State Cigarette Sales fromi1965'-1970 (At A Time When National Sales Were Tincreasing) due to Cigarette Bootlegging. Fiscal Year Number of Packs Taxed' Decline in Packs Taxed' vs. 1964-5 Per Cent Decline vs. 1964-5 1964-65' 2',566,,655 , 000 , 1965-66 2,202,180,000 364,475,000 -14.2 1966-67 2,216,396,000 350, 259,-000' -13. 2 1967'-68 2 299 078 000 000 267 5177 -10.4 1968-69 , , , 2,248,477„000' , , 318', 178,000 -12.4 1969-70. 2,170,834„000 395,821,000 -15.4 1,696,,3110,000 . Cigarette Tax rate increased from $.05 to $.10 per pack on April 1, 1965. . Cigarette Tax rate increased from $.10 to $.12 per pack on June 1, 1968. 2. NEW YORK CITY Fiscal Year Number of Decline in Packs Per Cent Packs Taxed Taxed v. 1964-5 Decline vs. 1964-5 1964-65 0 1,069,234,000 1965-66 828,234,000' 241,000,000 -22'.9 1'966-6'7 822y664,000 246,570,000 -231.1 1'967-68. 861,,505,000' 207,729,0!0'0 -19.4 1968-69 850,316,0001 1 218,918,000 -201.5, 1969-70 828„521,000, 240,,713,000' -22'.51 ,' 1,154,930,000 3. Loss in Cigarette Tax Revenues to New York State andi New York City, 1965-70 Dixe to Cigarette Bootlegging Financial Loss of State Cigarette Taxes 1966 1967 1968 1969, 1970, $ 3'6,447„500 35,025,900 26,757,700 3'7,099;„55547,498,520' $ 182,829,175 Financial Loss of City and State Sales Tax 19'65 - 70 $'40,000,000 (estimated), ~ W Financial Loss of Cigarette Taxes, New York City* Cdt 1966 $ 9„640,000 FA 1967 9 „8'62 „8 00 rV. 1968 ' 8,309,1601 1969 8,75'6,720 *New York City has an additional 4p, 1970 9,628,520 per pack excise tax onicigarettes $ 46,,197',200 as well as a higher sales tax. Tbtal tax loss in New York City andi State Due to cigarette bootleggl~ng 1965-70: $269, 0i26,,375
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! 4. Financial Loss in Retail Sales to ttie New York State Tobacco Industry from 19'65' to 1970 due to Cigarette Bootleggirrng, Fiscal Year Lass 1'965-66' $182',2'351„000'. 1966-67 175, 1I30„000 1967-68' ' 00G 133 790 1968-69' , , ,159,,090, 000 1969-70i 197„9110,000' Total Loss $848I„155,000I 5. Estimated Profit of Organized Crime made by Bootlegging Cigarettes into New York State, 1965-1970 Fiscal Year 1965-66. $181„223,,000 1966-67 17,513,000 1967-68 13'„ 3'7'9 ,,000 1968-69 151,, 908',,000 1969-701 19',792,000 Total $84,,815', 0001 6. Estimated Number of Cigarette H'i i'ackings and Resultant Monetary Loss 7. to the Legitimate Cigarette Industry 1969,1970 ~ Number Monetary Loss 1969 15 $' 501,,000 1970 150' $5001,000. Enforcement Record, 1965-1970, 1. Number of Cigarette Bootlegging Arrests 1700' 2'. Number of Cigarette Bootlegging Convictions 2'50' 3. Number of People Imprisoned for Cigarette Bootlegging 1! 4. Number of People Convicted for Hijackings

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