TAP (Taxpayer Access Point) and some other services will be down for maintenance from Friday, Nov. 6 at 5 p.m. to Sunday, Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. Mountain Time. Learn more about the services that will also be down and the new TAP URL you’ll use once TAP is back online.
Cigarettes bought over the Internet, over the phone, or from mail-order catalogs generally don’t have Idaho tax stamps on the bottom of the packages and are considered unstamped. The penalty for having, buying, or using more than 10 packs of unstamped cigarettes is three times the cigarette tax due for each full or partial pack. The minimum penalty is $50.
When you buy cigarettes over the Internet, over the phone, or from mail-order catalogs, you’re generally not charged Idaho sales tax. In that case, you owe Idaho use tax. Use tax is a tax on the purchase of goods that you put to use or store in Idaho.