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Out of its gourds
AP via the Daytona Beach News Journal ^
| November 1, 2010 12:05 AM
| some AP guy
Posted on 11/01/2010 6:45:26 AM PDT by stefanbatory
LEWISTON, Idaho -- An Idaho family is out of its gourds thanks to publicity about a tax agency threatening to close their pumpkin stand for lack of a state permit.
(Excerpt) Read more at news-journalonline.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: jbt; taxes
excerpt from the AP...you know the drill. Is there anyone in ID that can shed more light on this?
To: stefanbatory
A permit...To sell pumpkins...
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posted on
11/01/2010 6:53:39 AM PDT
by
Celtic Cross
(I AM the Impeccable Hat.)
To: stefanbatory
They practice agricultural totalitarianism regarding potato acquisition and sale so why not pumpkins. It’s the Idaho way!
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posted on
11/01/2010 6:55:15 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
("GIT OUT THE WAY" The Republicans are coming)
To: Celtic Cross
Here, you need a permit to mow lawns...
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posted on
11/01/2010 6:55:36 AM PDT
by
stefanbatory
(Insert witty tagline here)
To: stefanbatory
And here I thought that Idaho was the “last bastion of freedom” in the USA.
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posted on
11/01/2010 6:57:11 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
To: Celtic Cross
They have to prove they are authorized to sell pumpkins, but criminal aliens don't need to prove their eligibility to vote.
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posted on
11/01/2010 6:58:14 AM PDT
by
Never on my watch
(Why does the Left think Muslims are going to behave as Christians?)
To: stefanbatory
In our County you have to be edjumacated to apply fertilizer with phosphorous in it to our own private property.
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posted on
11/01/2010 7:05:56 AM PDT
by
Roos_Girl
(The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
To: stefanbatory
Idaho's been bad about that for years. My church got around it when the tax commission came knocking in the 1980s by going to a "donation" for car washes. The car wash was free, with a suggested donation of $5.00/car. If you're not selling them, they can't hassle you about the tax.
They'll also come after you if you have more than a certain number of yard-sales at your address per year (IIRC, you can have up to two a year, before they start calling you a business). The original complaint by the revenuers was that some folks operated perpetual yard sales as a source of income (I have yet to figure out how that works).
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posted on
11/01/2010 7:07:42 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Liberalism can be summed up thusly: someone craps their pants and we all have to wear diapers)
To: stefanbatory
Even in Idaho? Government is WAY out of control. It’s time to take America back and get the government back to it’s proper role and enumerated powers.
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posted on
11/01/2010 7:10:35 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
(Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
To: Never on my watch
This kind of thing makes me want to scream. Maybe people should give the items free and accepting donations. Then the State is not entitled to sales tax. I’m sure most would contribute, especially we independents who want to keep as much tax out of all levels of government!
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posted on
11/01/2010 7:10:42 AM PDT
by
Ruth C
(If you chose not to vote, you vote for the most liberal candidates in CA)
To: MrB
Me too. I'm terribly disillusioned.
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posted on
11/01/2010 9:58:51 AM PDT
by
Celtic Cross
(I AM the Impeccable Hat.)
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