1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, there is hereby imposed upon the purchase or possession of other tobacco products by a customer in this State a tax of 30 percent of the wholesale price of those products.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to those products which are:
(a) Shipped out of the State for sale and use outside the State;
(b) Displayed or exhibited at a trade show, convention or other exhibition in this State by a manufacturer or wholesale dealer who is not licensed in this State; or
(c) Acquired free of charge at a trade show, convention or other exhibition or public event in this State, and which do not have significant value as determined by the Department by regulation.
3. This tax must be collected and paid by the wholesale dealer to the Department, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 370.465, after the sale or distribution of the other tobacco products by the wholesale dealer. The wholesale dealer is entitled to retain 0.25 percent of the taxes collected to cover the costs of collecting and administering the taxes if the taxes are paid in accordance with the provisions of NRS 370.465.
4. Any wholesale dealer who sells or distributes other tobacco products without paying the tax provided for by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 707; A 1997, 1504; 2001, 1596; 2003, 20th Special Session, 19; 2007, 911; 2008, 25th Special Session, 19; 2009, 2097; 2015, 2497)
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