This dataset contains the list of tobacco products tax licenses as maintained by the Department of Revenue (DOR) that are currently active. For the purposes of this dataset, active status indicates dealers authorized to handle tobacco products subject to Pennsylvania tax. This list is intended to be refreshed weekly, removing the licenses that are cancelled or expire without renewal, and adding new licenses once they are approved. The addresses provided are supposed to be the physical location where the taxable sales happen or taxable service provided. The DOR generally does not validate the location address, so there may be misspelled items. Tobacco products licenses must be conspicuously displayed at the location issued. In order to reduce fraud, a portion of the license number was masked. If you suspect someone is selling unstamped cigarettes, or selling tobacco products without a license in Pennsylvania, use this link to Report Tax Fraud. Tips can be left anonymously, but supporting documentation is helpful. More information about the tobacco products tax: PA Code, Article III Cigarette and Beverage Taxes. PA Department of Revenue website: https://www.revenue.pa.gov. Common questions: • Why are there out of state/out of country licenses? Tobacco products tax requires licensing at all levels before shipping to PA wholesalers and retailers. Some stampers, manufacturers or wholesalers maintain product outside PA and ship to PA retailers or wholesalers. The license should be the location the product is stored. • What is “Other Tobacco Products” (OTP)? The cigarette tax law was amended in 2016 to include electronic cigarettes and related liquid (commonly referred to as vaping), roll-your-own tobacco (loose tobacco that can be used to make cigarettes), snuff, pipe tobacco, and other tobacco products used for chewing, ingesting or smoking. More information is available from Revenue’s web site. • Does this list contain every tobacco product retailer? It should. In order to sell product legally in PA, a retailer must be licensed. There could be pending licenses at the time of publication – if you have a concern, use the Report Fraud link above. More Questions and Answers: https://revenue-pa.custhelp.com/app/answers/list/search/1/kw/tobacco%20license
This dataset has the following 9 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | county | text | County of the location where the license/certificate will be used as provided on the application. PA has 67 counties. | PHILADELPHIA ALLEGHENY MONTGOMERY DELAWARE BUCKS view top 100 |
| Legal Name | legal_name | text | Legal Name of the entity or individual registering as provided on the application | DOLGENCORP LLC WAWA INC. SHEETZ INC FAMILY DOLLAR STORES OF PA LLC TH MINIT MARKETS LLC view top 100 |
| Trade Name | trade_name | text | Trade Name of the location where the license will be used as provided on the application | WAWA UNITED REFINING CO OF PENNSYLVANIA STORE SMOKIN JOES TOBACCO SHOP INC REDNERS WAREHOUSE MARKET view top 100 |
| Postal Code | postal_code | text | Postal Code of the location where the license will be used as provided on the application | 19107 19103 19104 19153 19148 view top 100 |
| Country | country | text | Country of the location where the license will be used as provided on the application | USA DEN view top 100 |
| Account Code | account | text | Account number used to track the tobacco products license provided by the Department of Revenue (DOR). Account numbers are eight (8) digits in length. Generally the first two digits of the license number are the county code. | 35**0029 63**7782 02**5102 02**5008 35**7799 view top 100 |
| License Type | license_type | text | License type that was requested on the application. Other tobacco products includes the following: E-cigarettes, liquids or any other substance that goes into e-cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco, pipe tobacco (periques, granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other smoking tobacco), and chewing tobacco (snuff, dry snuff, snuff flour, Cavendish, plug and twist tobacco, and fine cut). Cigarette Stamping Agent license authorizes them to put stamps on packs of cigarettes for sale in PA. They are not authorized to sell to consumers unless they also have a retail license. Cig/OTP retail license authorizes them to sell cigarettes and/or other tobacco products to consumers Wholesale licenses authorize them to purchase stamped cigarettes and sell to retailers Vending authorizes the cigarettes to be sold at a vending machine. Licenses can be combined, such as Wholesale/Vending which would authorize them to purchase stamped cigarettes from an CSA and sell them at a vending machine. More information available on Department of Revenue website: Cigarette licenses: https://www.revenue.pa.gov/TaxTypes/CigaretteTax/ForLicensees/Pages/default.aspx# Other tobacco products (OTP): https://www.revenue.pa.gov/TaxTypes/OTPT/Pages/default.aspx Prior detailed answers are available here: https://revenue-pa.custhelp.com/app/answers/list/search/1/kw/tobacco%20license | Cigarette/OTP Retail Cigarette Retail OTP Retail Cigarette Vending OTP Wholesaler view top 100 |
| Expiration Date | expiration_date | calendar_date | Expiration date of the license or certificate. Licenses must be renewed every year, expiring at the end of February. | 2025-02-28T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| Address & Lat/Long | location_1 | location | Address of the location where the license will be used as provided on the application including the latitude and longitude as created during import of the data. | view top 100 |