Posted on 10/18/2019 3:00:13 AM PDT by Libloather
Never underestimate the government’s ability to be terrible. Let’s see what’s happening in the great state of New Jersey, shall we?
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Full title - Halloween PSA: New Jersey Division of Taxation will punish residents who use pumpkins for decorative purposes
LOL...from the comments...how about the pumpkins that get shoved up your *ss?
Assuming that the Division of Taxation is interpreting the law correctly (not always a safe assumption), how would you actually go about enforcing this?
I suspect many or the Division’s own employees do not voluntarily tell cashiers, “that pumpkin is decorative, you need to charge me sales tax.”
Stupid doesn’t even begin to cover this idiocy.
Pumpkin for eating = No sales tax.
Pumpkin for decoration = Sales tax.
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Sales clerk to customer, “Is this pumpkin for eating or for show?”
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New Jersey State 1040: “How many pumpkins did you not eat in 2019?”
Murphy needs to start grabbing money from every place possible since socialism is quite costly. Amazing how so many here complain till days end but the same old trash still gets elected.
Would someone on Twitter please tweet this to the president’s accounts?
Bet POTUS would have a field day with this...
For our house both. Seeds are eaten.
I look forward to the day after Halloween. Not being a celebrant of the ghoulish myself, I prefer the less expensive pumpkins that go on sale November 1st.
Just wash them off, gut them, place on a nice sturdy baking sheet and place in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for about 1 hour or until the skin separates from the meat inside.
Bon appetit!
Tax question. What if I scoop out the seeds and dry them to eat, then carve the pumpkin. Taxed or not taxed?
The comments are great!
Probably need to weigh pumpkin with and without seeds and pay taxes on the ratio without seeds. Maybe then apply for tax credit on portion eaten. On second thought we usually throw remains of pumpkin in woods for creatures to eat so maybe we only pay taxes on the couple of weeks it was used for decorating. This is getting complex. Someone needs to design a form JACK 1031.
Vaguely, I seem to recall the ‘60s in NY State when aspirin was in a similar situation. The clerk had to ask the reason for buying it. I THINK if was just to have on hand it was taxed. If it was for a specific current problem (”I have a headache”) it was tax free. Not sure if I’m remembering correctly.
Why, WHY, would anyone want to live in this God-forsaken suckhole where they tax decorative pumpkin sales?
Anybody in NJ who buys a pumpkin and says it's for decorative use, are dumber than the rest of the nation thinks you are already.
Everybody knows pumpkins are for making pies from and eating.
NOBODY buys pumpkins on Halloween for making jack-o-lanterns out of them.
If the NJ Dept. of Taxation doesn't back off this insane policy, NJ will be the laughing stock of the nation.
Someone let President Trump know about this fool idea and he will mock the NJ government for days.
There will have to be a declaration form at the supermarket cash register. And, if the pumpkin police find you haven’t used it for food later, and you can’t produce your signed receipt, you’ll be guilty of providing false information on a government form. Minor fine, but a black mark on your permanent record, so no guns for you.
Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Is this from the Onion or the Babylon Bee?
The pumpkin police! funny
Some patriots could grab their trebuchets, cannons, and big orange gourds and head to the state capital for some punkin chunkin...
Do they tax the olive oil that gay guys use for lube?
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