No Toilet Paper Tax.
Throughout US history many brave Americans have stepped up to the plate to protest unfair taxation. Mary Bach, 63 of Murrsyville, PA is one such American that will not be flushed down history’s toilet bowl because she allowed K-Mart to unfairly tax her toilet paper.
(pittsburghlive.com) Mary Bach, 63, sued Kmart after its store on Mall Boulevard in Monroeville charged her 7 percent sales tax on two 12-pack rolls of Angel Soft toilet paper — a non-taxable item, according to the state Department of Revenue.
On Thursday, Monroeville District Judge Herbst ruled in Bach’s favor, finding Kmart twice levied the tax improperly. She gets $100, plus court costs.
(Update)
It just struck me after rereading the original story how the PA. State Department of Revenue absolved themselves of any culpability in the matter.
State Department of Revenue spokeswoman Stephanie Weyant said the department has no authority to penalize Kmart for charging tax on toilet paper.
Weyant said consumers who are overcharged for items should contact the Department of Revenue for a refund. She said the department also will follow up and advise store managers to stop charging sales tax on products that are non-taxable.
Me thinks we need many more watchdogs like Mary.
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Wow, is the start of the “Great Tax Revolt” or what?? Nickel and diming us to death is as good a place to start as any, maybe?? But we need to think big, starting with the federal income tax system and work our way down. Heck, property tax would probably be a better starting point!!
Roger that Robert 1. I added a little update to the story. It struck me how ginormous taxing authorities have grown that they cannot “even” police those that collect the taxes.
Taxing authorities have no desire to police themselve. They are like kids who steal a piece of candy, get by with it, and continure. More for them. Huge applause for Mary Bach because ” She was mad as hell and did something about it”. More and more Americans are stepping up.
There are probably plenty of examples of items that shouldn’t be taxed in the state of Texas considering the “Tax Free” weekend and the non-taxing of some pharmacy items. But people have a tendancy to blow it off because of the amount or the hassle in complaining to the store manager or to the state regulators but it does add up in the long run. I do think a revolution is starting here with property tax and once it gets a foothold, then people in other states start in and then we all start looking at other taxes we pay. Big government isn’t smart enough to realize the “well will run dry” and people will get feed up to the point of actually doing something about it.
But we need to think big, starting with the federal income tax system and work our way down?
Maybe someones already on it?
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Way to Go Mary! It pays to have principles.
Robert 1
Texas actually is behind on the property tax issue. Back during the last election I noticed several states that had already rolled back property taxes. Oddly enough two liberal bastions of property taxation Colorado and New Jersey actually listened to their voters and rolled back property taxes and took the lead at that time.
That is not to say they have not reversed course now.
I wish the people of this Republic had the testicles this women has. Congradulations to her and all the others who have stood up to the government thugs. Here is a link to a attorney who challenged the criminal IRS and won. A victory for all those who are not sheeple.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.aspARTICLE_ID=56855
I now am now trying to do this myself.
Enjoy the weekend and load more ammo.
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Wolf Bite
As someone who has worked in retail with point of sale systems, I can say that it is sometimes difficult keeping everything configured properly to comply with tax laws. It is usually as simple as a configuration on the back office server or in the item record itself. (ie taxable=true)
Usually just pointing this out to the store GM will get you a refund and the problem corrected. It sounds like this is what happened at K-mart. This is another unnecessary lawsuit nuisance.
If you want to really make a difference and keep retailers on their toes, check carefully the price you pay on something versus what it is marked at. You’ll find more pricing discrepancies than you will find tax discrepancies.