Licensing and Tax Links for Retailers
The state pages our customers ask for most, in one place. Every link below goes to the state itself, which is the authority on any of this. We are your wholesaler, not your accountant or your attorney.
Not sure which one you need? Call 781-848-8088 and a person will point you at the right place.
Massachusetts
- Cigarette, tobacco and vaping excise taxes: frequently asked questions Department of Revenue. What is taxed, at what rate, and who owes it.
- DOR cigarette, tobacco and vaping excise tax The main page, including the Tobacco Product Manufacturers Directory.
- Cigarette and tobacco forms and legal documents License applications, including Form CTL, plus the regulations and directives.
- Cigarette minimum retail price list Downloads as a spreadsheet from the Department of Revenue.
- Massachusetts tobacco excise stamp program The stamp ordering system. This is our side of the counter, listed because people ask what the stamp is.
New Hampshire
- Tobacco tax Department of Revenue Administration. Rates, filing and who has to register.
- Tax licenses and permits Where the tobacco tax license application (Form DP-31) lives.
- Tobacco directory Attorney General. Which brands may legally be sold in New Hampshire.
From us
- Flavored tobacco letters Manufacturers’ certifications that their products are not flavored, for the goods we distribute. Free to view or download, nothing to sign in to, and there is one complete packet to hand an inspector.
Opening a store, or adding tobacco to one?
We have walked a lot of owners through this. Call us before you file anything and we will tell you what we see stores get stuck on.