A cigarette distributor as defined in section 297F.01, subdivision 4, shall pay to the commissioner an annual fee as follows:

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 325D.415

  • Tax: means any fee, charge, exaction, or assessment imposed by a governmental entity on an individual, person, entity, transaction, good, service, or other thing. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(1) a fee of $2,500 is due from those distributors whose annual cigarette tax collections exceed $2,000,000; and

(2) a fee of $1,200 is due from those distributors whose annual cigarette tax collections are $2,000,000 or less.

The annual fee must be paid by December 31 of each year. The annual fee must be deposited into the general fund.