TAX CHEAT ...
I was picking up a few groceries this morning, well, almost noon, when I cut through the deli department. I've been starving since my diet began, and at noon, was particularly hungry, when I passed the chicken barbeque machine. These things looked so good, and I was so hungry, and my will power so weakened, I stopped for a closer look.
In my area, meals are taxed, but food isn't. With these chickens, if they're hot, they're meals, and taxed, but if they've been allowed to cool, they're food, and thus, tax exempt. I considered buying a cool chicken, and taking it home, heating it, and eating it. But isn't this circumventing my obligation to pay the tax? I decided I'd not risk the consequences and opted for re-heating some left-over spaghetti I had for lunch yesterday.
I want to make it clear that if anyone sees my kitchen blinds closed around noon, it's because the sun will bleach my table-cloth, and not because I'm re-heating a tax-free, cold, barbequed chicken.
Cheers, PW. |
