NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, State of Florida has received the petition for declaratory statement from Tantus Tobacco Holdings, LLC, Docket Number DS 2011-025. The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Section 210.01 and 210.15, Florida Statutes, as it applies to the petitioner.
The Petitioner requests a declaratory statement providing the licensing, registration and reporting obligations required by the State of Florida for the following business model: Tantus Tobacco Holdings, LLC, a Kentucky-based sales and marketing company, currently employs outside sales representatives to distribute advertising materials and, in an effort to stimulate purchases from licensed resident distributors, sell tax paid ‘promotional tobacco products’ to retailers at cost. Sales representatives secure documentation to show taxes paid and no markup in sales price. Tantus seeks to extend this business model into the State of Florida.
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Agency Clerk, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2217.
Please refer all comments to: Michael Ross, Chief Attorney, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202.