A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the excise taxes on cigarettes to 32 cents per pack.

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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the excise tax on cigarettes from: (1) $12 ($10 during 1991 or 1992) to $16 per thouand for small cigarettes; and (2) $25.20 ($21 during 1991 or 1992) to $33.60 per thousand for large ones. Imposes a tax on the floor stocks of cigarettes removed before the effective date of this Act, and on certain imported cigarettes entered after such date. (Effectively raises the excise tax on a pack of cigarettes from 20 cents to 32 cents.)

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 5 March 1991

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