home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Xref: sparky misc.consumers:14712 misc.taxes:2866
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers,misc.taxes
- Path: sparky!uunet!tekbspa!tss.com!burke
- From: burke@tss.com (Jim Burke)
- Subject: Re: Wierd CA Sales Tax Law
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.164742.9568@tss.com>
- Sender: news@tss.com (USENET Network News)
- Reply-To: burke@tss.com (Jim Burke)
- Organization: Teknekron Software Systems. Inc.
- References: <1992Jul29.230000.2955@tss.com> <PHR.92Jul29214647@soda.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 16:47:42 GMT
- Lines: 29
-
- In article <PHR.92Jul29214647@soda.berkeley.edu>, phr@soda.berkeley.edu (Paul Rubin) writes:
-
- |> The idea is you're not supposed to get charged tax on food that you
- |> buy to take home and eat later (a "necessity"). However, hot sandwiches,
- |> carbonated drinks in open containers, etc. obviously aren't intended
- |> to be consumed that way. There are also a lot of weird exceptions
- |> for snack foods, leading to my local chocolate shop now calling its
- |> truffles "mousse balls" to avoid the tax. (Truffles are on a list
- |> of snack-taxed items). My feeling is, it is the CA legislature that
- |> eats moose balls...
-
- Oh, I forgot to mention another piece of the insanity. The Togo's manager
- also told me that he has to note whether a cookie has nuts in it or not
- because if it has nuts it doesn't get taxed, but if it has no nuts it
- gets taxed. This one makes even less sense.
-
- I understand the rationale between the hot/cold issue, but I don't think
- the other people walking out with cold subs were going to take them home
- to put in the 'fidge. Maybe, but I doubt it. The only thing on my sandwich
- that came out of the warmer was the beef. The turkey was cold, as were the
- tomato (or tomatoe if Dan Quayle is reading), lettuce, and the bread. So,
- perhaps I should have demanded that they only charge tax on, oh, maybe
- 1/3 of my sandwich. :-)
-
- --
-
- Jim Burke "Life is uncertain - eat dessert first!"
- Teknekron Software Systems ... burke@tss.com
- phone:(415) 617-2432 ... uunet!tekbspa!burke
-