Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
UPS accused by New York of illegal cigarette shipments
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Returntosender" data-source="post: 1530555" data-attributes="member: 29240"><p>New York (AFP) - New York officials Wednesday charged shipping giant UPS with delivering millions of contraband cigarettes that evaded tens of millions of dollars in state taxes.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Between 2010 and 2014, UPS is accused of making more than 78,500 cigarette shipments on behalf of illegal cigarette vendors.</p><p></p><p>The suit charges UPS of running afoul of New York's tightly-regulated cigarette sales, which are limited to licensed wholesale dealers.</p><p></p><p>Dealers must affix a stamp on each package attesting they have paid state excise taxes before they are allowed into the New York market.</p><p></p><p>The state tax is set high to discourage consumption, but that makes it lucrative for people to smuggle in cigarettes from other low-tax states.</p><p></p><p>A New York investigation found UPS "knowingly" shipped thousands of cartons of unstamped cigarettes to unlicensed wholesalers or retailers, the complaint said.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ups-accused-york-illegal-cigarette-shipments-215051309.html;_ylt=AwrSbhiYKeVUP6IABHFXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEzdjFiaWJpBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDU1dJTUMwXzEEc2VjA3Nj" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/ups-accused-york-illegal-cigarette-shipments-215051309.html;_ylt=AwrSbhiYKeVUP6IABHFXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEzdjFiaWJpBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDU1dJTUMwXzEEc2VjA3Nj</a>#</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Returntosender, post: 1530555, member: 29240"] New York (AFP) - New York officials Wednesday charged shipping giant UPS with delivering millions of contraband cigarettes that evaded tens of millions of dollars in state taxes. Between 2010 and 2014, UPS is accused of making more than 78,500 cigarette shipments on behalf of illegal cigarette vendors. The suit charges UPS of running afoul of New York's tightly-regulated cigarette sales, which are limited to licensed wholesale dealers. Dealers must affix a stamp on each package attesting they have paid state excise taxes before they are allowed into the New York market. The state tax is set high to discourage consumption, but that makes it lucrative for people to smuggle in cigarettes from other low-tax states. A New York investigation found UPS "knowingly" shipped thousands of cartons of unstamped cigarettes to unlicensed wholesalers or retailers, the complaint said. [URL]http://news.yahoo.com/ups-accused-york-illegal-cigarette-shipments-215051309.html;_ylt=AwrSbhiYKeVUP6IABHFXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEzdjFiaWJpBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDU1dJTUMwXzEEc2VjA3Nj[/URL]# [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
UPS accused by New York of illegal cigarette shipments
Top