Title: Unfair Cigarette Sales Act (UCSA) Fee
Alternate Title:
Description:
Offering for sale, or sale of cigarettes below cost in the wholesale and retail trade is declared by the legislature to have the intent or effect of injuring a competitor, destroying or lessening competition, and is deemed an unfair and deceptive business practice and an unfair method of competition. Such practices affect collection of taxes and license fees imposed on persons engaged in the sale of cigarettes. The policy of the state of Minnesota and the purposes of
Minn. Stat. § 325D.30-.42 is to protect the public by prohibiting such sales. Minnesota Department of Commerce
Subject: Taxes
Tobacco
Creation Date: 9/11/2008 2:18:11 PM
Modification Date: 8/15/2024 4:13:50 PM
Agency Name: Commerce, Minnesota Department of
Agency URL: https://mn.gov/commerce/
Agency Description:
The Minnesota Department of Commerce is the chief regulator for the banking, energy, insurance, real estate, securities, telecommunications industries and also operates Minnesota's Unclaimed Property.
Agency Phone: 651-539-1500
Agency Fax: Agency URL: https://mn.gov/commerce/
Agency Address:
85 7th Place East, Suite 500
St. Paul
MN
55101
Unit Name: Unfair Cigarette Sales Act (UCSA)
Unit URL:
Unit Description:
Unit Phone: 651-539-1500
Unit Fax: Contact person(s): Unit URL:
Audience: Hold
Application URL:
Renewal URL:
Versa URL:
Requirements:
Review Cigarettes
Annual UCSA fee Cigarette distributors are required to pay an annual Unfair Cigarette Sales Act fee based on their annual cigarette tax collections.
Notice to Meet Competitors Price Distributors are required to notify the Commissioner of Commerce in order to meet a competitor's price.
Rules:
Statutes: 325D.30
Forms:
Fees:
If your annual cigarette tax collection is: The fee is:
$2,000,000.00 or less even if No Stamping Activity $1,200
More than $2,000,000.00 $2,500
Period of Issuance:
Length of Determination:
Other Info:
Activity: Tobacco
Cigarette Sales-Minimum Wholesale & Retail Pricing
License Detail URL:
Cigarettes
Retailers

