Exempts cigarette sales on Indian land from cigarette and sales and use taxes during the time a cooperative agreement exists. Representatives Conway and Pennington. Cigarette taxes are added directly to the price of these goods before the sales tax is applied. The rate for the cigarette tax is 82.5 cents per pack of 20 cigarettes. Retail sales and use taxes are also imposed on sales of cigarettes.
Sales tax applies when items are purchased at retail in the state.
Sales tax is paid by the purchaser and collected by the seller. Use tax is imposed on the use of an item in this state, when the acquisition of the item has not been subject to sales tax. Use tax applies to items purchased from sellers who do not collect sales tax, items acquired from out of state, and items produced by the person using the item. The state sales tax rate is 6.5 percent of the selling price. Local governments may levy additional sales taxes.