Life on the Murderscene

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Aug 25 '10
mememolly: elspethjane: NY State is taxing us for getting sliced bagels, but not whole bagels.  I’m filing this one under a serious WTF… What’s the tax on a bagel? It depends how you slice it—or in the case of New York, if you slice it. State tax officials, under orders from cash-strapped Albany to ramp up their audit and compliance efforts, have begun to enforce one of the more obscure distinctions within the state’s sales tax law. In New York, the sale of whole bagels isn’t subject to sales tax. But the tax does apply to “sliced or prepared bagels (with cream cheese or other toppings),” according to the state Department of Taxation and Finance. And if the bagel is eaten in the store, even if it’s never been touched by a knife, it’s also taxed. (via Sliced Bagels, Taxes on Top - WSJ.com) I’m officially going to burn down the senate chambers. =] Who’s with me?

mememolly:

elspethjane:

NY State is taxing us for getting sliced bagels, but not whole bagels.  I’m filing this one under a serious WTF…

What’s the tax on a bagel? It depends how you slice it—or in the case of New York, if you slice it. State tax officials, under orders from cash-strapped Albany to ramp up their audit and compliance efforts, have begun to enforce one of the more obscure distinctions within the state’s sales tax law. In New York, the sale of whole bagels isn’t subject to sales tax. But the tax does apply to “sliced or prepared bagels (with cream cheese or other toppings),” according to the state Department of Taxation and Finance. And if the bagel is eaten in the store, even if it’s never been touched by a knife, it’s also taxed. (via Sliced Bagels, Taxes on Top - WSJ.com)

I’m officially going to burn down the senate chambers. =] Who’s with me?

21 notes (via mememolly & elspethjane)

  1. dr-munnhatten reblogged this from mememolly and added:
    LOL. And I thought that our capital was crazy, when they made a new 1% sales tax to “private end-user”, which will be...
  2. pucklish reblogged this from mememolly and added:
    This is not obscure at all. Anyone who knows simple tax law knows that this is something called a service tax. When you...
  3. inspirekadri reblogged this from mememolly
  4. classy-asfuck reblogged this from mememolly
  5. ablurredrainbowconnection reblogged this from ghost-of-saintjimmy and added:
    oh nys, your stupidity continues to amaze me
  6. borderingoninsanity reblogged this from elspethjane
  7. ghost-of-saintjimmy reblogged this from mememolly and added:
    I’m officially going to burn down the senate chambers. =] Who’s with me?
  8. forarainyday reblogged this from mememolly
  9. mememolly reblogged this from elspethjane
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  12. 01001010t reblogged this from elspethjane and added:
    unbelievable, absurd,...I don’t like it 1/8th
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