On 1/18/06, A. M. Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Cigarette packs have tax stamps too. There's a thriving market for counterfeit and smuggled cigarettes in the U.S of A. New York is the epicenter, sp. due to the taxes it imposes on cigarettes. You'd be surprised at the number of folks who fill up U-Haul trucks with Marlboro cartons in New Jersey and resell them in NYC at a discount.
Now that I think about it, the only thing I see around here (in
the US) that has a tax stamp on it is imported liquor. I
sometimes hear quiet tales of bootlegged untaxed liquor
smuggled down from Canada, and it won't have a tax
stamp, that's for sure. I've never heard of anyone bothering
to forge one of those.
Cigarette packs have tax stamps too. There's a thriving market for counterfeit and smuggled cigarettes in the U.S of A. New York is the epicenter, sp. due to the taxes it imposes on cigarettes. You'd be surprised at the number of folks who fill up U-Haul trucks with Marlboro cartons in New Jersey and resell them in NYC at a discount.
