The company actively participates in funding the state treasury through taxes and custom duties as well as its contributions in different funds such as the Youth Fund, the Disabled Fund and the Cleaning Fund. The following table illustrates the funding to the state treasury in comparison to the annual profits since 1998.

year	Payments to state treasury and funds (YR)	Realized profits (YR)
1998	4,856,820,317	714,000,000
1999	5,961,385,960	916,000,000
2000	7,631,151,128	1,904,000,000
2001	8,418,046,841	1,869,000,000
2002	9,612,092,845	1,714,000,000
2003	11,277,697,488	2,009,000,000
2004	11,776,000,243	1,958,000,000
2005	13,085,984,497	2,129,000,000
2006	14,461,859,169	2,405,000,000
2007	14,033,064,737	1,821,000,000
2008	14,262,400,000	1,764,000,000

Knowing that taxes and fees imposed on cigarettes are:

GST                                          90% of sale price

Youth Fund fees                      5 YR

Disabled Fund fees                  5 YR

Cleaning Fund fees                 0.50 YR

Culture and Heritage Fund     0.50 YR