Lerxst
04-15-2008, 06:17 PM
http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_up ... 53499.html (http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/17653499.html)
The ban on out-of-state purchases can be traced to the 1936 Johnstown flood, when a 10 percent tax was levied on alcohol to help rebuild the city after 70 buildings were destroyed, 3,000 damaged, and about two dozen people killed.
The tax, which was supposed to be temporary, has grown to 18 percent and is added to the 6 percent sales tax - 7 percent in Philadelphia.
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The average confiscation last year was just over nine liters of alcohol, the equivalent of about a case of wine. The amount taken from the 198 individuals cited since 2000 totals about 507 cases of wine - about 21/2 cases each, far less than a truckload.
..let me be the first to say, thanks for keeping those smugglers off the streets & keeping our kids safe...think about the kids dammit!! :wink:
The ban on out-of-state purchases can be traced to the 1936 Johnstown flood, when a 10 percent tax was levied on alcohol to help rebuild the city after 70 buildings were destroyed, 3,000 damaged, and about two dozen people killed.
The tax, which was supposed to be temporary, has grown to 18 percent and is added to the 6 percent sales tax - 7 percent in Philadelphia.
...
The average confiscation last year was just over nine liters of alcohol, the equivalent of about a case of wine. The amount taken from the 198 individuals cited since 2000 totals about 507 cases of wine - about 21/2 cases each, far less than a truckload.
..let me be the first to say, thanks for keeping those smugglers off the streets & keeping our kids safe...think about the kids dammit!! :wink: