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2017 Georgia Code
Title 48 - Revenue and Taxation
Chapter 11 - Taxes on Tobacco Products
- § 48-11-1. Definitions
- § 48-11-2. Excise tax; rate on tobacco products; retail selling price before addition of tax; exemptions; collection and payment on first transaction; dealers or distributors; tax separately identified; collection
- § 48-11-3. Collection of tax by stamps; sale at discount to distributors; basis of discount percentage; alternate method of collection of tax on cigars; prohibition of sale or exchange of stamps with another distributor; redemption
- § 48-11-4. Licensing of persons engaged in tobacco business; initial and annual fees; suspension and revocation; registration and inspection of vending machines; bond by distributor; jurisdiction; licensing of promotional activities
- § 48-11-5. Licensing of nonresident distributors; authorized use of stamps or metering machine; bond; amount; examination of records; service on agent; applicability of chapter to nonresident distributors; reports of shipments
- § 48-11-6. Suspension, refusal of renewal, and revocation of licenses; notice; procedures for hearings; appeals; effect of suspension or refusal to renew on other activities by commissioner
- § 48-11-7. Execution of bonds by distributor; surety
- § 48-11-8. Prohibition of sale or possession of unstamped tobacco products; distributors to affix stamps or otherwise pay tax; payment of tax only once; reports
- § 48-11-9. Seizure as contraband of unstamped tobacco products; exceptions; sale at public auction; procedure; disposition of proceeds; hearing; bond; contraband vending machines
- § 48-11-10. Monthly reports of licensed distributors; contents; authority to require reports from common carriers, warehousemen, and others; penalty for failure to file timely report
- § 48-11-11. Records of distributors and dealers; stock of tobacco products; inspection by commissioner and agents; inspection of records of transportation companies, carriers, and warehouses
- § 48-11-12. Assessment of deficiencies and penalties for incorrect reports, nonpayment of tax, or purchase of insufficient stamps; assumption of illegal sale absent evidence to contrary; penalty for deficiency due to fraud
- § 48-11-13. Tax on persons having tobacco products on which tax under Code Section 48-11-2 not paid; rate; exemptions
- § 48-11-14. Registration, reports, and tax payments of persons acquiring tobacco products subject to tax under Code Section 48-11-13; assessment of tax due from person failing to file or filing incorrect report; hearing; penalties
- § 48-11-15. Procedure for refund of taxes, cost price of affixed stamps, and tax on tobacco products unfit for sale, use, or consumption and destroyed or exported
- § 48-11-16. Purchase of tax stamps on account by licensed distributors; permit; time of payment; bond; cancellation of permit without notice for failure or refusal to comply with Code section; annual payment of any liability outstanding
- § 48-11-17. Amount of unpaid tax as lien against property of violators; seizure and sale; recording of lien
- § 48-11-18. Procedure for hearing by persons aggrieved by action of commissioner; initiation of hearings by commissioner; production of evidence; appeals; bond; grounds for not sustaining commissioner's action; costs
- § 48-11-19. Powers and duties of special agents and enforcement officers of department; bond; duties following arrests; retention of weapon and badge upon retirement
- § 48-11-20. Venue as to violations of chapter; commissioner's certificate as prima-facie evidence
- § 48-11-21. Jurisdiction of superior courts of criminal violations of chapter
- § 48-11-22. Transportation of unstamped tobacco products; requirement of invoices or delivery tickets; contents; confiscation and disposition absent invoice or ticket; penalty; applicability
- § 48-11-23. Transporting tobacco products in violation of Code Section 48-11-22; penalty
- § 48-11-23.1. Additional requirements on the sale of tobacco products; seizure and forfeiture of contraband; revocation of licenses
- § 48-11-24. Penalties for possession of unstamped tobacco products; penalty for operation of unlicensed business or activity; procedure for enforcement and collection of penalties; costs and expenses
- § 48-11-25. Violations of chapter; penalties
- § 48-11-26. Failure to file report or filing false report required by chapter; penalty
- § 48-11-27. False entries on invoices or records pursuant to chapter; penalty
- § 48-11-28. Possession, use, manufacture, or other unlawful activities involving counterfeited stamps or tampering with metering machine pursuant to chapter; penalty
- § 48-11-29. Swearing and testifying falsely with respect to matters governed by chapter; penalty
- § 48-11-30. Penalty for sale or possession of counterfeit cigarettes
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