How much is Georgia's cigarette tax per pack?

Georgia charges $0.37 in state excise tax per pack of 20 cigarettes, which is about 1.85 cents per cigarette. This is one of the lowest cigarette taxes in the country, well below the national average of roughly $1.93 per pack.

What are Georgia's alcohol excise tax rates?

Georgia's statewide alcohol excise rates are about $0.48 per gallon on beer, $1.51 per gallon on table wine, and $3.79 per gallon on distilled spirits. Local jurisdictions may add their own malt-beverage or alcohol taxes on top.

Why is Georgia's liquor tax lower than some other states?

Georgia is a license state, meaning private retailers sell spirits under license rather than the state running the liquor stores. Control (ABC) states like Alabama mark up spirits heavily, so their effective excise can be several times Georgia's $3.79 per gallon.

Is sales tax included in these figures?

No. This calculator shows only the excise tax, which is built into the shelf price before checkout. Ordinary Georgia state and local sales tax is then applied on top of the retail price at the register, so the total tax you pay is higher.

How is the excise tax on a bottle calculated?

The tool converts the container volume to gallons by dividing fluid ounces by 128, then multiplies by the per-gallon rate. A 750 ml wine bottle is about 25.4 ounces, or 0.198 gallons, so at $1.51 per gallon it carries roughly $0.30 of state wine excise.

Georgia Cigarette & Alcohol Tax Calculator

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A free Georgia cigarette and alcohol tax calculator that reveals how much state excise tax is baked into the price of cigarettes, beer, wine, and spirits. Excise taxes are charged before you reach the register, so they are invisible on your receipt — this tool surfaces the exact amount for any quantity using Georgia’s statutory rates, which are notably lower than most neighboring states.

How it works

Georgia taxes tobacco and alcohol with per-unit excise taxes, not a percentage of price:

Cigarettes: $0.37 per pack of 20 (about 1.85 cents per cigarette).
Beer: $0.48 per gallon of state excise.
Wine: $1.51 per gallon of table wine.
Spirits: $3.79 per gallon of distilled spirits.

For alcohol the calculator first converts your containers to gallons, since there are 128 fluid ounces in a US gallon:

gallons = (containers x fluid ounces each) / 128
excise  = gallons x per-gallon rate

For cigarettes it simply multiplies the number of packs by the per-pack rate. Optional fields let you add a local cigarette or alcohol add-on, since some Georgia jurisdictions levy their own.

Tips and example

A case of 24 beers (12 oz each) is 24 x 12 = 288 oz = 2.25 gallons. At $0.48/gallon that is about 2.25 x $0.48 = $1.08 of state beer excise — a few cents per can.

A 750 ml bottle of spirits is about 25.4 oz, or 0.198 gallons. At $3.79/gallon the state excise is roughly 0.198 x $3.79 = $0.75. Because Georgia is a license state rather than a control state, that spirits excise is a fraction of what control states charge. Remember that ordinary sales tax still applies on top of the shelf price at checkout. Every figure recalculates in your browser, with nothing uploaded.