1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, there is hereby imposed upon the receipt, purchase or sale of other tobacco products in this State a tax of 30 percent of the wholesale price of those products.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to those products which are:
(a) Displayed or exhibited at a trade show, convention or other exhibition in this State by a manufacturer or wholesale dealer of other tobacco products who is not licensed in this State; or
(b) Distributed free of charge at a trade show, convention or other exhibition or public event in this State, if the distributor has obtained a license to distribute other tobacco products free of charge for the trade show, convention or other exhibition or public event.
3. This tax:
(a) Is imposed:
(1) At the time the other tobacco products are first possessed or received by a wholesale dealer of other tobacco products who maintains a place of business in this State for sale or disposition in this State;
(2) At the time the other tobacco products are sold by a wholesale dealer of other tobacco products who does not maintain a place of business in this State to a retail dealer or ultimate consumer; or
(3) For other tobacco products manufactured, produced, fabricated, assembled, processed, labeled or finished in this State, at the time the other tobacco products are sold in this State to a wholesale dealer of other tobacco products, retail dealer or ultimate consumer.
(b) Must be paid by the wholesale dealer of other tobacco products to the Department, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 370.465. The wholesale dealer of other tobacco products is entitled to retain 0.25 percent of the taxes due to cover the costs of collecting and administering the taxes if the taxes are paid in accordance with the provisions of NRS 370.465.
4. Any wholesale dealer of other tobacco products who sells or distributes other tobacco products without paying the tax provided for by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 707; A 1997, 1504; 2001, 1596; 2003, 20th Special Session, 19; 2007, 911; 2008, 25th Special Session, 19; 2009, 2097; 2015, 2497; 2019, 636, effective January 1, 2020)
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