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Retailer to Consumer Cigarette Minimum Price Calculation

  1. Multiply the wholesaler to retailer purchase price from your invoice by the 8% retailer cost of doing business minimum markup.
  2. A fractional part of a cent equal to one-tenth of a cent or more in the result of step 1 must be rounded off to the next highest cent.
  3. Add the result from step 1 to the wholesaler to retailer purchase price.
  4. The result of step 3 is the minimum price that you may sell to consumers.
Example:
$34.31   Purchase price per carton
X 8%    Cost of Doing Business markup
$ 2.7448
$34.31    Purchase price per carton
+ 2,75     Result from step 1
$ 37.06   Minimum retailer to consumer selling price per carton


 
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  Cigarette Sales Below Cost Act
Wholesalers Cigarette Cost of Doing Business
Retailer to Consumer Cigarette Minimum Price Calculation
Subwholesaler to Retailer Cigarette Minimum Price Calculation
  Tax Rates
 

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