A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 by increasing the Federal excise tax on cigarettes by 16 cents per pack to a permanent 32 cents per pack and by providing that revenues from the additional tax be deposited in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under the Social Security Act.

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Introduced

3 April 1985

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Status

Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Health and Human Services Department.

Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the excise tax on cigarettes from: (1) $8 to $16 for small cigarettes; and (2) $16.80 to $33.60 for large cigarettes. Imposes a floor stock excise tax on small and large cigarettes. Transfers revenues raised by such additional taxes to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (Medicare).

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/874
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