by PCA | Mar 20, 2020 | Advocacy, State News
Negotiations on Stage III of the relief measures continue to be discussed in Congress and with the White House. Outside of those efforts, The IRS has created a special web page on Coronavirus Tax Relief where individuals and businesses can see the latest...
by PCA | Mar 19, 2020 | Federal News, Regulations
Over the past several weeks, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has received numerous questions from members about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) current compliance policy for the premarket review requirements of the Federal Food,...
by PCA | Mar 19, 2020 | Resources
As COVID-19 containment efforts are underway across the country, the US Senate is working to craft (Phase 3) the response efforts based on the Department of Treasury’s outline. Thus far, Congress has passed H.R. 6074 (Phase 1) that allocated $8.3 billion for...
by PCA | Mar 19, 2020 | Advocacy, State News
After an intense lobbying effort by PCA’s lobbying team and our Maryland members, we are pleased to report that premium cigars and pipe tobacco were exempted from the drastic tax increase to 70% on other tobacco products. Premium cigars will remain at 15% and pipe...
by PCA | Mar 18, 2020 | Resources
As the Federal Government works to grapple with the health and economic consequences of COVID-19, the administration and Congress are working on several proposals to address the crisis. The House of Representatives and Senate passed legislation H.R. 6201 that will be...