Posted on 05/07/2025 12:59:45 PM PDT by DallasBiff
There’s something about eating a hot dog at a baseball game that makes those tubes of meat hit different, and the Brewers recently took advantage by launching a new promotion that lets fans get a free one at every contest they attend. However, it was greeted with some backlash after people who signed up discovered they still had to pay sales tax on each purchase.
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Oh the horror.
Look at that pic, he’s trying to anger the Cub fans by putting ketchup on the hotdog.
Sacrilege! No onions either!
How did they figure that 5% of $0.00 is anything other than $0.00?
Because like in all states the tax is based on the value of the item, if that hotdog normally sell for $5 then that is the taxable amount period. The tax liability should have been clear from the get go, if it wasn’t then they should eat that too not just the food and labor costs.
HAVE DONE BOOKKEEPING/ACCOUNTING SINCE 1957.
SALES TAX APPLIES WHEN YOU SELL SOMETHING
NOT WHEN YOU GIVE SOMETHING AWAY
A sales tax on an item that cost me nothing. Yes I’ve had 35+ years in finance. But please enlighten me. Please identify your position in the blood sucking parasite that is known as government. Local or federal?
That’s Milwaukee Stadium Hot Dog Sauce. Looks like ketchup.
Public school math.
Tell that to the Oprah audience members who received a free car from her.
While GM covered the sales tax on the Pontiac G6 autos, the cars were considered to be promotional giveaways and are taxed as income, just like the prizes you receive on a game show.
Similarly, these hot dogs are promotional giveaways, not gifts and are taxable. If the stadium or team owner didn't cover the sales tax, then the recipients are on the hook.
See: That Time Oprah Gave 276 People Free Cars That Actually Cost Them $6,000 In Taxes
I do.
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Ticket + free hot dog = $20. I paid the sales tax already on the ticket.
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