Ammunition Tax??
I ran across an old box of Peters .32 S&W cartridges. The old price tag on it is $3.74. But there is also a stamp marked Tennesee 3 cents "ammunition tax". Anybody know anything about that?
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I don't know the legislative history or other fine details, but it is what it says it is. Tennessee has a tax on ammunition just as on liquor or cigarettes and has since at least 1937. It is now 10 cents "per individual container." Does that mean it is a dime a box or a dime a case depending on the size you buy? I don't know.
quote:70-3-101. Tax on shotgun shells and metallic cartridges. -
(a) All persons, firms and corporations engaged in the business of buying, selling, distributing, storing, receiving, having in possession or using shotgun shells or metallic cartridges, shall pay a special privilege tax in addition to all other taxes in an amount equal to ten cents (10?) per individual container upon all center-fire ammunition, and ten cents (10?) per individual container on all shotgun shells. A similar tax in the amount of ten cents (10?) per individual container shall be paid on all rim-fire ammunition.
(b) All taxes collected under this chapter shall be applied to the wildlife resources fund.0 -
IIRC, that tax stamp you saw was started in the 1930's or so. Every box of ammo was to contribute to the nation's wild life fund.
Every state has it, but I think you only see the stamp on old boxes.
I know NY had those stamps on boxes in the 1960's.
Of course, most of the money collected never went to the animals,
{unless you consider politicians "animals"}.[xx(]
From the US FISH and WILD LIFE web site...
""What do hunters do for conservation?
A lot. The sale of hunting licenses, tags, and stamps is the primary source of funding for most state wildlife conservation efforts.
By respecting seasons and limits, purchasing all required licences, and paying federal excise taxes on hunting equipment and ammunition, individual hunters make a big contribution towards ensuring the future of many species of wildlife and habitat for the future. By paying the Federal excise tax on hunting equipment, hunters are contributing hundreds of millions of dollars for conservation programs that benefit many wildlife species, both hunted and non- hunted.
Each year, nearly $200 million in hunters' federal excise taxes are distributed to State agencies to support wildlife management programs, the purchase of lands open to hunters, and hunter education and safety classes. Proceeds from the Federal Duck Stamp, a required purchase for migratory waterfowl hunters, have purchased more than five million acres of habitat for the refuge system (2005 statistics only); lands that support waterfowl and many other wildlife species, and are usually open to hunting.
Local hunting clubs and national conservation organizations work to protect the future of wildlife by setting aside thousands of acres of habitat and speaking up for conservation in our national and state capitals. """0 -
Every box of ammunition sold in Tn must have a $.10 tax stamp applied. Even if you are selling at a gun show it is required. 0 -
The Federal Excise Tax on ammo is levied by the US on manufacturers. The states get some of the money, but otherwise have nothing to do with it. Local State excise taxes, like Tenn.'s, are separate, most states don't have them, and the money goes wherever the states' laws says. 0 -
When I took my Texas hunter safety course in 1995, which I took in order to hunt in Colorado that year because I didn't make Colorado's cutoff date to be grandfathered in, the instructor mentioned the Pittman-Robertson Excise Tax on sporting products to aid wildlife restoration. That was the first time I believe I had heard of it. It was also on the final test. I looked it just now and it passed in 1937. Later I read were some of these funds went for other things beside wildlife restoration like studies and programs promoting "so called gun safety" but were actually gun control initiatives. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by babun
IIRC, that tax stamp you saw was started in the 1930's or so. Every box of ammo was to contribute to the nation's wild life fund.
Every state has it, but I think you only see the stamp on old boxes.
I know NY had those stamps on boxes in the 1960's.
Of course, most of the money collected never went to the animals,
{unless you consider politicians "animals"}.[xx(]
From the US FISH and WILD LIFE web site...
""What do hunters do for conservation?
A lot. The sale of hunting licenses, tags, and stamps is the primary source of funding for most state wildlife conservation efforts.
By respecting seasons and limits, purchasing all required licences, and paying federal excise taxes on hunting equipment and ammunition, individual hunters make a big contribution towards ensuring the future of many species of wildlife and habitat for the future. By paying the Federal excise tax on hunting equipment, hunters are contributing hundreds of millions of dollars for conservation programs that benefit many wildlife species, both hunted and non- hunted.
Each year, nearly $200 million in hunters' federal excise taxes are distributed to State agencies to support wildlife management programs, the purchase of lands open to hunters, and hunter education and safety classes. Proceeds from the Federal Duck Stamp, a required purchase for migratory waterfowl hunters, have purchased more than five million acres of habitat for the refuge system (2005 statistics only); lands that support waterfowl and many other wildlife species, and are usually open to hunting.
Local hunting clubs and national conservation organizations work to protect the future of wildlife by setting aside thousands of acres of habitat and speaking up for conservation in our national and state capitals. """
Really? Do you have a picture? Always lived in New York, have seen and owned countless old boxes of ammo in New York, have never seen one..0 -
Here's the three cent stamp, this one is on a box from south carolina.
All ammo was taxed, not many boxes had it inked on it, then in the 60's glue stamps were used for a short time.
Will try to dig up an old box from NY, It wasn't a NY tax, it was fed.
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Pittman-Robertson Act money is also available to the states for range construction. 0
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