Each person engaging in, or intending to engage in, the business of selling cigarettes in this state as a dealer, and each person engaging in or intending to engage in, the business of selling taxed tobacco products at retail, shall secure a dealer's license from the Commissioner of Revenue Services before engaging in such business or continuing to engage therein. Subject to the provisions of section 12-286, such license shall be renewable annually. The annual fee for a dealer's license shall be two hundred dollars. Such license shall be valid for a period beginning with the date of license to the thirtieth day of September next succeeding the date of license unless sooner revoked as provided in section 12-295, or unless the person to whom it was issued discontinues business, in either of which cases the holder of the license shall immediately return it to the commissioner. In the event of mutilation or destruction of such license, a duplicate copy, marked as such, shall be issued by said commissioner upon application accompanied by a fee of fifteen dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 1974; 1959, P.A. 620, S. 1; P.A. 75-477, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 84-525, S. 3, 8; P.A. 93-15, S. 2, 9; P.A. 06-194, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 154; P.A. 19-13, S. 3.)
History: 1959 act increased fees for original and duplicate licenses; P.A. 75-477 required annual renewal of license, previously license was permanently in effect; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 84-525 increased the fee from $10 to $25; P.A. 93-15 made minor changes re issuance and renewal of a dealer's license, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 06-194 added requirement that persons in the business of selling taxed tobacco products at retail obtain a dealer's license, effective July 1, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee for dealer's license from $25 to $50 and increased fee for duplicate copy from $5 to $15; P.A. 19-13 increased fee for dealer's license from $50 to $200.
See Sec. 12-291a re penalty for failure to secure or renew license.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Section 12-285. - Definitions.
Section 12-285a. - Definitions for purposes of sections 12-286a, 12-295a and 12-314a.
Section 12-285b. - Licensure of cigarette manufacturers. Fees.
Section 12-285c. - Restrictions on shipping or transporting cigarettes. Penalties.
Section 12-285d. - Cigarette rolling machines. Licensure requirements.
Section 12-287. - Dealer's license.
Section 12-288. - Distributor's license.
Section 12-289a. - Vending machines: Placement restrictions. Penalties.
Section 12-290. - Price signs on vending machines.
Section 12-291. - Vending machine dealer's license.
Section 12-291a. - Penalty for failure to secure or renew license.
Section 12-292. - Advertising sale of untaxed cigarettes.
Section 12-293. - Notice to Tax Commissioner of number of vending machines.
Section 12-293a. - Reporting requirements. Registration fee for vending machines. List of customers.
Section 12-294. - Transfer of license. Successor tax liability.
Section 12-296. - Imposition of tax.
Section 12-297. - Exemptions from tax.
Section 12-298. - Commissioner to supply stamps or decals.
Section 12-299. - Metering machine.
Section 12-300. - Resale of stamps restricted. Redemption.
Section 12-301. - Nonresidents may be authorized to affix stamps.
Section 12-302. - Distributors to affix stamps.
Section 12-303. - Dealers to affix stamps.
Section 12-304. - Sale of unstamped cigarettes prohibited. Penalty.
Section 12-305. - Unstamped cigarettes, vehicles in which transported, subject to confiscation.
Section 12-306. - Invoices or delivery tickets required in transportation of unstamped cigarettes.
Section 12-306a. - Cigarette transporter to hold invoices or delivery tickets.
Section 12-307. - Procedure on sale after confiscation.
Section 12-308. - Fraudulent stamps.
Section 12-309a. - Reports from carriers, warehousemen, bailees. Examination of records.
Section 12-310. - Oaths and subpoenas.
Section 12-311. - Hearings by commissioner.
Section 12-312. - Appeals from decisions of commissioner.
Section 12-313. - Administration. Regulations. Waiver of filing of reports.
Section 12-314. - Packaging for sale. Penalties.
Section 12-314a. - Certain promotional samples authorized.
Section 12-315. - Sale of unstamped cigarettes from one licensed distributor to another.
Section 12-315a. - Report on enforcement efforts.
Section 12-316. - Imposition of tax.
Section 12-317. - Return to be filed.
Section 12-318. - Seizure for nonpayment of tax.
Section 12-319. - Imported cigarettes on which tax has been paid.
Section 12-320. - Two hundred or fewer cigarettes not taxable.
Section 12-326a. - Definitions. Presumptions of costs of doing business.
Section 12-326c. - Sales between distributors.
Section 12-326d. - Certain sales below cost permitted.
Section 12-326e. - Bonus or combination with other articles for sale forbidden.
Section 12-326f. - Exemptions.