Lakes Region Tax Report - Citizen Link page 1

fatlazyless

03-02-2004, 09:36 PM

http://www4.citizen.com/pages/Lakes_tax_report.asp

jim-e

03-03-2004, 07:16 PM

I hope fll is pondering those tax assessments and bills! We need your analysis fll.

fatlazyless

03-05-2004, 07:58 PM

Hey, so what's the best way to legally avoid the dreaded NH donut or muffin or bagel or whoopie pie tax? Here's how this tax works; buy five donuts in NH and you pay an eight pecent tax, but buy six donuts and there is no tax on any of the donuts. And the reasoning beind this tax is that five donuts or bagels or muffins or whoopie pies are just a snack whike six donuts are a meal! Like no kidding, I am not making this up, it is a NH factoid, once again proving that good ole NH does have some strange tax laws. What a deal. it's almost like getting that sixth whoopie pie for free because the entire purchase becomes tax exempt. The legislature must have been drunk when this was passed!

Bizer

03-05-2004, 11:01 PM

In general, there is a tax on prepared meals consumed on the premesis. There is no tax on food (e.g. groceries) purchased for consumption at home. The situation that FLL posted is a prime example of "You gotta draw the line somewhere". In his example, 5 donuts are assumed to be a meal whereas 6 or more donuts are assumed to be for home consumption.

In Massachusetts, there's a meals tax on the 20 oz. bottles of Pepsi that I buy in the cafeteria. If I purchase the same bottle from a grocery store, there is no meals tax.

GWC...

03-06-2004, 12:20 PM

If cooked at the grocery store and taken home HOT, you have to pay a tax; otherwise, no tax, including cooked but cold - on ice like the cooked shrimp.




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