# StickTax — Cigar Excise Tax for BigCommerce

StickTax is a purpose-built tax calculation app for cigar retailers on BigCommerce. It solves a specific problem: general tax providers like Avalara and TaxJar don't support cigar-specific excise tax methods. And apps like Ebizio charge prices that eat into margins.

Cigar excise tax varies by state and uses methods that don't exist in standard tax software — per-stick flat rates, MSRP-based percentages, per-stick caps, and combinations of all three. StickTax handles every method.

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## How It Works

Install StickTax and your product catalog syncs automatically. Configure your excise tax rules per state — choose the method, set the rate, define any caps, and select whether the rule applies to singles, boxes, or both. Define profile classes so StickTax knows how many sticks are in each box type. Set your sales tax rates for states where you have nexus.

On every checkout, StickTax resolves the product SKU, determines whether it's a single or box, applies the correct state excise tax method, adds sales tax, and returns the calculated tax to BigCommerce. Customers see the correct tax line at checkout. You stay compliant.

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## Key Features

- All four cigar excise tax methods: per-stick, MSRP percentage, MSRP percentage with per-stick cap, and combo

- All 50 states plus DC supported

- Sales tax calculation included

- Automatic catalog sync from BigCommerce — no CSV uploads

- Single vs. box format detection from your existing variant labels

- Box profile management — define cigars per box for accurate per-stick calculations

- MSRP pulled from BigCommerce — one source of truth for pricing

- Tax calculation history with date/state filtering and CSV export for your accountant

- Runs inside your BigCommerce control panel — no separate login needed

- 14-day free trial — no credit card required

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StickTax was built by a cigar retailer who needed this tool and couldn't find it anywhere. The tax engine is production-tested and handles thousands of checkout calculations.