8% sales tax isn't high. I pay 8.75-9% depending on what parish I'm buying in, and state income tax and have very little in the way of services to show for it.
And have no Nordstrom, Rack or otherwise.
I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Jul 27, 2005 9:48:20 am PDT #3325 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
askye - Jul 27, 2005 9:48:39 am PDT #3326 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
Florida has a sales tax holiday going on right now! It's for school supplies and clothes, books etc.
Graphic novels count as books. I know this because I was talking with a store owner who was consulted about which type of books should be included and he got those covered.
-t - Jul 27, 2005 9:49:14 am PDT #3327 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Does MA have anti beard laws on the books?
Kat - Jul 27, 2005 9:49:28 am PDT #3328 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
All of this tax stuff is scary as hell.
DXMachina - Jul 27, 2005 9:49:54 am PDT #3329 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Does MA have anti beard laws on the books?
I think they became moot once gay marriage passed.
Kathy A - Jul 27, 2005 9:51:07 am PDT #3330 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm constantly surprised when I go out and visit my mom and brother in NJ, and find out that they don't pay taxes for clothes or, I think, food. IL doesn't offer any kind of breaks, except for mags/newspapers, AFAIK.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 27, 2005 9:51:11 am PDT #3331 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
All of this tax stuff is scary as hell.
Waves a 1040 form at Kat
Topic!Cindy - Jul 27, 2005 9:55:10 am PDT #3332 of 10002
What is even happening?
::loves bon just a little bit more::
I'm all for the bon bon love, but I get nothing for being the bearer of good news?
I think my head just exploded.
My head used to explode when I worked at the grocery store. Food stamps could be used for food, so like Doritos could be paid for with foodstamps? Toilet paper? Not so much. What do you need more? I think there ought to be necessity stamps, in addition to food stamps. You need soap, and toilet paper in our society.
ChiKat - Jul 27, 2005 9:55:13 am PDT #3333 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I pay 8.75% on just about everything except for magazines and newspapers and still have to pay 3% income tax to the state.
Actually, you now pay 9%. It went up July 1. (not sure if that's for all of Cook County or just Chicago, tho)
P.M. Marc - Jul 27, 2005 9:55:43 am PDT #3334 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
That's what my sister told me, but when I looked at the sales receipt from my purchase at the Nordstorm Rack store near Pike Place Market, and saw that the "high sales tax" was only 8%,
IIRC, from doing my taxes this year and checking, we're at 8.8% for goods in Seattle, and 9.3% for dining.