Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64C, § 19

Invoice cost of goods purchased at forced sales

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Section 19. In establishing the cost of cigarettes to the retailer or wholesaler, the invoice cost of said cigarettes purchased at a forced, bankrupt, closeout sale or other sale outside of the ordinary channels of trade may not be used as a basis for justifying a price lower than one based upon the replacement cost of the cigarettes to the retailer or wholesaler within thirty days prior to the date of sale, in the quantity last purchased through the ordinary channels of trade.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 64C-5 · Records and statements required of vendors and purchasers
  2. 64C-5A · Collection of excises imposed on residents purchasing…
  3. 64C-6 · Payment of excise; reports and examination of records of…
  4. 64C-7 · Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 107; 1996, 450, Sec. 115
  5. 64C-7A · Additional cigarette excise tax; credit to Children's and…
  6. 64C-7B · Cigars and smoking tobacco; payment and rate of excise tax;…
  7. 64C-7C · Additional payment of excise; credit to Health Protection Fund
  8. 64C-7D · Personal and individual liability to commonwealth upon failure…
  9. 64C-7E · Electronic nicotine delivery systems; definitions; excise…
  10. 64C-8 · Prosecution for illegal possession, etc.
  11. 64C-9 · Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 107
  12. 64C-10 · Regulation of vending machines; penalties for particular…
  13. 64C-11 · Records and reports of purchases and sales; investigation,…
  14. 64C-12 · Selling price; ''loss-leaders'' prohibited
  15. 64C-13 · Definitions of cost and sale terms
  16. 64C-14 · Unfair competition; penalty
  17. 64C-15 · Application of act to unusual sales
  18. 64C-16 · Fair competition; prices
  19. 64C-17 · Illegal contracts
  20. 64C-18 · Fictitious prices; discounts
  21. 64C-19 · Invoice cost of goods purchased at forced sales
  22. 64C-20 · Cost survey as evidence
  23. 64C-21 · Liability of agents aiding violations
  24. 64C-22-to-25 · Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 107
  25. 64C-26 · Police power
  26. 64C-27 · Severability clause
  27. 64C-28 · Disposition of sums received
  28. 64C-29 · Payment of tax through use of adhesive stamps
  29. 64C-30 · Stamper; purchase and use of stamps; appointment;…
  30. 64C-31 · Redemption of unused or mutilated stamps, etc.
  31. 64C-32 · Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 107
  32. 64C-33 · Unstamped cigarettes or stamps; prohibition of sale, etc.;…
  33. 64C-33A · Packages containing fewer than 20 cigarettes; stamps;…
  34. 64C-34 · Possession, sale, etc., of unstamped cigarettes; penalty;…
  35. 64C-35 · Possession or transportation of unstamped cigarettes; penalty;…
  36. 64C-36 · Possession or transportation of unstamped cigarettes;…
  37. 64C-37 · Forgery, alteration, etc., of excise stamps; unauthorized use…
  38. 64C-38 · Unauthorized use of excise stamps; penalty
  39. 64C-38A · Seizure, forfeiture and sale of unstamped cigarettes and…
  40. 64C-39 · Application of Secs. 29 to 39
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