Here's what the news reports didn't tell you, there's a legal way to avoid paying it, simply make those purchases with an EBT card, which are exempt from the tax.
I see a big spike in EBT fraud coming soon in Seattle.
....of course there is
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Here's what the news reports didn't tell you, there's a legal way to avoid paying it, simply make those purchases with an EBT card, which are exempt from the tax.
I see a big spike in EBT fraud coming soon in Seattle.
Here's what the news reports didn't tell you, there's a legal way to avoid paying it, simply make those purchases with an EBT card, which are exempt from the tax.
I see a big spike in EBT fraud coming soon in Seattle.
Here's what the news reports didn't tell you, there's a legal way to avoid paying it, simply make those purchases with an EBT card, which are exempt from the tax.
I see a big spike in EBT fraud coming soon in Seattle.
How does this affect the price if it's not a tax intended to be passed onto the consumer. Technically the tax is not collected at the register.
Isn't Costco considered a wholesaler, and therefore required to collect the tax? But if you want to ask this question, go look at how Value Added Tax jacks up the cost of products in Europe.
I don't know if they're a wholesaler (or if that even matters) but the tax is collected by the distributor. So when Costco buys it, they pay the tax.
Sweetened beverage tax
Beginning Jan. 1, 2018, the City of Seattle will impose a sweetened beverage tax. View Ordinance 125324.
The sweetened beverage tax is a tax on the distribution of sweetened beverages in the city of Seattle. The tax is collected on the final distribution of sweetened beverages by a distributor. The tax is not collected by the retailer nor is the tax burden intended to fall onto the consumer. The intent of the sweetened beverage tax is to tax the distributions of sweetened beverages into Seattle for retail sale in Seattle.
Sweetened beverage tax - Business License Tax | seattle.gov
But you can't tax one part of the distribution chain and not expect that the cost will be passed along further down the line. Any taxes on products at any point in the distribution chain will inevitably be passed along to the consumer in the form of higher prices on those products.
The tax is not collected by the retailer nor is the tax burden intended to fall onto the consumer.
The funny thing about the movie, is that at the time, Texarkana Texas was dry ("dry like a martini", but still legally dry).
The people who are most likely to need to stop drinking soda, et al. , are probably the ones who are so poor that they can't afford to travel to the suburbs to buy it for less.yikes. first of all I would never live in that state let alone that city. But if I did I would be doing all my shopping outside of the city. But it is good to see that this liberal stupidity isn't going to get a free pass. My guess is most of the sheep in seattle will comply...lol
That's what I thought when it first hit our town in AZ. Then I found out that, even though it was cheaper, you got a lot less mileage out of it. Enough that regular gas ("only 10% ethanol") was the better buy.I just want E85 to be readily available everywhere.
Cheap horsepower.
Then maybe someone can get an injunction for that school in MA to stop issuing wasp spray as a defensive option.They havent stopped at soda.....soda is just most recent
Fffs....its a federal crime to use lots of things in a manner that is not consistent with the bloody label
Pesticides and other products carry the following
“It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.”
From meds, to food to chemicals and virtually everything else you come in contact with every day
Hell......I would challenge you to name 5 things you commonly interact with that are NOT managed by the Fed gov......
It's everywhere. Florida taxes items such as ice cream and candy bars (regular sales tax). They charge for a cake mix, but don't charge on a single serving of "cake to go" at the deli. Go figure.Guessing the correlation between soda consumption and obesity is pretty darn good. Outliers are nice, we can keep eating things that are likely bad for us because we might be one. Alcohol and tobacco are taxed to the hilt because they are bad for you, throwing soda on the pile isn't far fetched. New taxes suck, and sin taxes in whole are morally questionable, but we gots them and they ain't going anywhere. Taxing ammo is a great idea cause then the gov't would have an incentive for people to shoot more. lolz