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From: The Older Gentleman on 14 Mar 2010 09:17 Dean Hoffman <dh0496(a)in#&ebr^as^#ka.com> wrote: > Oh, and > there is a sales tax when buying a new vehicle or on the repair parts. There's a sales tax on just about everything anywhere these days. It's 17.5% on most things, for us. Some things are zero-rated, though. Children's clothing. Food (but not confectionery, which causes some odd anomalies: cakes are tax-free but biscuits aren't). Protective clothing (so motorcycle helmets, boots and other items are tax-free: huzzah!). And all reading matter - books, magazines, newspapers. Tell me: is reading matter subject to sales tax in the US? -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: tomorrow on 14 Mar 2010 10:08 On Mar 14, 9:17 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > Dean Hoffman <dh0496(a)in#&ebr^as^#ka.com> wrote: > > Oh, and > > there is a sales tax when buying a new vehicle or on the repair parts. > > There's a sales tax on just about everything anywhere these days. > > It's 17.5% on most things, for us. Some things are zero-rated, though. > Children's clothing. Food (but not confectionery, which causes some odd > anomalies: cakes are tax-free but biscuits aren't). Protective clothing > (so motorcycle helmets, boots and other items are tax-free: huzzah!). > And all reading matter - books, magazines, newspapers. > > Tell me: is reading matter subject to sales tax in the US? Sales taxes are generally levied by the state (with occasional local taxes added in) to the tune of 3 to 8 percent, typically, but not always, medicines and foods (not prepared foods) are excluded, but not always. I've never heard of reading material being excluded from sales tax, but it may be, somewhere.
From: Dean Hoffman on 14 Mar 2010 10:24 The Older Gentleman wrote: > Dean Hoffman <dh0496(a)in#&ebr^as^#ka.com> wrote: > >> Oh, and >> there is a sales tax when buying a new vehicle or on the repair parts. > > There's a sales tax on just about everything anywhere these days. > > It's 17.5% on most things, for us. Some things are zero-rated, though. > Children's clothing. Food (but not confectionery, which causes some odd > anomalies: cakes are tax-free but biscuits aren't). Protective clothing > (so motorcycle helmets, boots and other items are tax-free: huzzah!). > And all reading matter - books, magazines, newspapers. > > Tell me: is reading matter subject to sales tax in the US? > > I can't give you a good answer. Sales taxes are still up to the individual states. We don't have a VAT or national sales tax. Our lying weasels in Congress have talked about the VAT. Our Nebraska state sales tax is a confusing mess. Tax on food depends on where you buy the food. Food at a grocery store is generally exempt. Prepared food at a restaurant is taxable. Towns of a certain size can impose their own sales tax. The tax is different if a farmer buys a part at my workplace than if I go out to the farm and install it for him. The business is just inside city limits so we add 1.5% for the city tax. The state tax is 5.5%. Labor is taxed sometimes. There is no tax if we buy goods for resale. They'll be taxed when we resell them. There is tax if the goods are for our workplace use since we would be the ultimate consumer.
From: The Older Gentleman on 14 Mar 2010 10:29 tomorrow(a)erols.com <tomorrowaterolsdotcom(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Mar 14, 9:17 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older > Gentleman) wrote: > > Dean Hoffman <dh0496(a)in#&ebr^as^#ka.com> wrote: > > > Oh, and > > > there is a sales tax when buying a new vehicle or on the repair parts. > > > > There's a sales tax on just about everything anywhere these days. > > > > It's 17.5% on most things, for us. Some things are zero-rated, though. > > Children's clothing. Food (but not confectionery, which causes some odd > > anomalies: cakes are tax-free but biscuits aren't). Protective clothing > > (so motorcycle helmets, boots and other items are tax-free: huzzah!). > > And all reading matter - books, magazines, newspapers. > > > > Tell me: is reading matter subject to sales tax in the US? > > Sales taxes are generally levied by the state (with occasional local > taxes added in) to the tune of 3 to 8 percent, typically, but not > always, medicines and foods (not prepared foods) are excluded, but not > always. I've never heard of reading material being excluded from > sales tax, but it may be, somewhere. Only asked because one reason why reading material is zero-rated with us is because any tax on it is considered a tax on free speech. I rather like that. Protective clothing - to be exempt, it has to be mandatory kit (motorcycle helmets are the classic example) or... I'm not sure about the rest. I do know that bike boots, to be exempt, have to have steel toe caps, for example. No toe caps - not protective! Lord knows how they worked that out. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: The Older Gentleman on 14 Mar 2010 10:30
Dean Hoffman <dh0496(a)in#&ebr^as^#ka.com> wrote: > Food at a grocery store > is generally exempt. Prepared food at a restaurant is taxable. Yes, exactly the same here (confectionery, which includes ice cream and biscuits) being the exception. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |