Duty free liquor

There are also profit ....Mark ups to consider as Some Retailers take more ..some less!

Just because a State Tax is less doesn't guarantee that You will pay less for the Bottle of Booze!

The link takes you to a short article on the tax structure for beer, wine and liquor in all 50 states. There are three maps showing taxes for each item in each state.

As an example the state tax on liquor in Washington is over $35 a gallon, but in Arizona it is $3 a gallon.

http://www.businessinsider.com/beer-wine-and-liquor-taxes-in-the-fifty-states-2013-5

Depends on which state. My store prices in Oklahoma are lower than BX annex prices in Texas, but higher than supermarketmor Costco prices in Michigan. Those folks in Michigan will drive to Chicago to get lower prices.

It is not all differences in state taxes, there are also issues of who is the wholesaler/distributor (sometimes the state) and whether or not competitive pricing is permitted at the retail level.

Duty free is an interesting concept, implying you are not paying import duties in the country where you bought it, but in many cases the product is locally produced and carries no duty in any case. When you take it from where you bought it into another tariff jurisdiction, what you bought is still subject to import dity, if over "free" allowances.

Thus we learned that Canadian beer bought in Canada at the "duty free" by any of the crossings was usually no lower in price than what we bought at the provincial package stores, and slightly more expensive than at the supermarket in Michigan.

Duty free doesn't mean profit free. I have gotten better prices at a store near the border than at the duty free.

Old Guy, Only wish we could, when returning to Canada we are limited to either 1 liter of "hard" liquor per person, or two bottles of wine or two cases of beer above that we have to pay extra.

I have seen people from Canada on their way home from Yuma stop in Jackpot Nv and buy booze by the pickup load

To bad you are not going thru New Hampshire. We have very cheap prices and we have State run liquor stores right on the highway. You don't even have to leave the highway! How can you beat that!

Thanks guys.

Trader Joes, anywhere you can find one. Three-Buck Chuck! By the case!

When I traveled OVERSEAS for business, it was always cheaper to buy liquor at the duty free on the way out but now that I'm just traveling to USA, it's cheaper to buy in USA.

The bottom shelf rye whiskey I drink is $56CDN for 1.75L at the LCBO and about $15US for a half-gallon in almost any liquor store in the States. Duty free would be less than LCBO price.