If It Moves Tax It
It’s sad and amazing what people have decided needed taxing.
State/city: | Tax: |
Alabama | 10% on decks of cards (Nevada gives you a deck of cards when filing) |
Arkansas | 6% Tax On Tatoos & Electrolysis |
California | 33% Tax on Vending Machine Fruit (seems a little punitive on people that are desperate for fruit) |
Colorado | 2,9% Coffee Cup Lids (The dry cleaners were behind this) |
Illinois | 6.25% Candy Tax (Pastry gets a pass) |
Chicago | 33% Soda Tax (The people at soda stream were happy about this) |
Kansas | 6.5% Amusement Tax (try not to smile) |
Missouri | 4% Yoga Tax (Not very flexible of them) |
Minnesota | 6.8% Fur Tax(for fake fur can you pay with counterfeit ?) |
New Mexico | State Taxes Only Apply to People Under 100 |
New York | 8.87% Sliced Bagel Tax (Unsliced bagels are on a roll I guess) |
New York | Haunted Houses (Yes they tax things that aren’t even real) |
New York | Litigation(If you sue over your ghost being taxed you still lose) |
Nevada | Loud Music (Now I know why silent raves are a thing) |
Pennsylvania | Air (Yep couldn’t believe it either) |
Texas | Strip Clubs (They will take the shirt off your back) |
Texas | Belt Buckles (get you both ways there) |
Texas | Holiday Decorations(Well they got the nude people and belt buckles) |
Texas | Psychics(I foresee death and taxes and more taxes) |
U.S. Federal Government | $0.46 on Arrows (We got the point, taxes) |
Ireland | Cow Farts $18/Cow (You think people actually want them ?) |
Ancient Rome | Urine (Some people wouldn’t piss on the tax collector if they were on fire I guess) |
Quotes of the Day
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
— Mark Twain
Congress can raise taxes because it can persuade a sizable fraction of the populace that somebody else will pay.
— Milton Freidman
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
— Albert Einstein
The difference between death and taxes is death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.
— Will Rogers
A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money
— G.Gordon Liddy
I am proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is I could be just as proud for half of the money.
— Arthur Godfrey
The taxpayer: that’s someone who works for the federal government, but doesn’t have to take a civil service examination.
—Ronald Reagan
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