by PCA | May 11, 2020 | Advocacy, Federal News, State News
Today, the Premium Cigar Association sent a letter addressed to the Senate Small Business Committee and Chairman Marco Rubio requesting additional small business COVID-19 relief measures that would benefit the premium cigar industry retailers and manufacturers. The...
by PCA | May 5, 2020 | Advocacy, Resources
The following message was sent to Congressional Staff expressing PCA’s policy position on Temporary Liability Protections during COVID-19 based on input from PCA retail and manufacturer members. As the national discourse shifts toward phased reopening of the...
by PCA | Apr 23, 2020 | Advocacy, Federal News, Press Releases
April 23, 2020, Washington, DC — Today, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) and Cigar Rights of America (CRA) jointly commended the extension of the deadline to September 9, 2020 for the submission of the substantial equivalence reports for premium cigar...
by PCA | Apr 23, 2020 | Advocacy, Regulations
Alex Harding, Kristoff Cigars As the cigar industry copes with the effects of nationwide, state mandated shutdowns, it might be time to look to a more impactful front of an ever-growing battlefield. For years now, every cigar retailer, cigar manufacturer, and cigar...
by PCA | Apr 2, 2020 | Advocacy, Press Releases, State News
After a lobbying effort in the Kentucky state Senate by PCA’s team and grassroots outreach by our local members, we are pleased to report that a tax increase from 15% to 25% on premium cigars and pipe tobacco with a retroactive floor tax was NOT INCLUDED in the...
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...
