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JasonC SBB 07-10-2012 07:31 PM


Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 900481)
Neither the Pizza Tax nor the Cigarette Tax are corporate taxes- they are sales taxes, in that they are levied upon finished goods, and only at the time that these goods are conveyed to a purchaser. And assuming that they are applied uniformly, they do not create winners or losers, as all are affected equally.

Is this "sales tax" the same between pizza, RYO, and regular cigarettes the same? If not, then the gov't has picked a winner and a loser.


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