Frequently Asked Questions About Cigarette and Tobacco Tax

No.

No.

There is no Kansas Statute or Regulation specifying an age limit for the selling of cigarettes or tobacco products. Please check with local authorities.

Twenty-one years old.

Yes. However, that decision is up to the district attorney in the county where the criminal violation is filed.

Consumable material is defined as any liquid solution or other material that is depleted as an electronic cigarette is used.

The consumable material tax is to be paid by the distributor who first brings or causes to be brought into Kansas consumable material for sale in Kansas; makes, manufactures, or fabricates consumable material in Kansas for sale in Kansas; or, ships or transports consumable material to retail dealers in Kansas to be sold by those retail dealers.

Consumable material is taxed at the rate of $0.05 per milliliter.

Complete Form EC-1 - Application for Consumable Material Tax Registration. Submit the completed application to Division of Taxation, Cigarette & Tobacco, PO Box 750680, Topeka, KS 66675-0680. If you prefer, you may apply online, fax the completed application to 785-296-2703 or email it to: KDOR_cigtob@ks.gov.

There is no registration fee.

The EC-2 is due the 20th of the month following the report month. Submit the completed report and payment to Division of Taxation, Cigarette & Tobacco, PO Box 750680, Topeka, KS 66675-0680. NOTE: Electronic filing is also available.

A retailer would need to register, report, and pay the consumable material tax if the consumable material was purchased from a distributor or manufacturer who was not registered to pay the consumable material tax in Kansas. A retailer who manufactures the consumable material and sells it to the final consumer must also register, report and pay the consumable material tax. Additionally, a retail dealer must have a Retail / E-cigarette Dealer’s License.

If you sell consumable material to the end user in Kansas and the tax has not already been paid, you are required to register for Consumable Material Tax.

Yes. Sales of tangible personal property at retail are subject to the Kansas retailer’s sales tax, which includes the state tax and any local sales taxes.

No. Because the consumable material tax is paid at the distributor level, consumers are not directly charged the consumable material tax. Retail dealers who manufacture consumable material to be sold to the consumer (end-user) are considered distributors and are responsible for registering, reporting and remitting the consumable material tax. The consumable material tax is not directly charged to the consumer.

No. For instate registrants, you will report all purchases and sales of consumable material on lines 1a and 1b of form EC-2. You will then report sales to out of state customers or the consumable material on which the consumable material tax has already been paid on lines 2a and 2b. The totals from line 2 are deducted from the totals of line 1 to determine the milliliters consumable material subject to the $0.05 per milliliter tax. For out of state registrants, you will only report consumable material that is shipped into Kansas on lines 1a and 1b, line 2a will always be zero.

Yes. Please contact our office.

No. You will only need to report the number of milliliters of consumable material manufactured and sold. However, if you manufacture consumable material to be sold to a distributor or another retailer, you will need to retain the sales information and pay the consumable material tax.

Please contact the Division of Taxation, Cigarette & Tobacco team:
Email: KDOR_cigtob@ks.gov
Telephone: 785-368-8222 (option 5, then option 4, then option 1)
8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday