RepublicanGal
12-28-2003, 02:59 PM
Some time ago, I lodged a complaint at a grocery store for being taxed on the CRV (California Redemption Value) on recyclable bottles and cans. The best answer they could give me is that "It's taxable."
Everywhere I read that the CRV is "100% refundable" and we shouldn't complain about that, now, should we. (Not even if it means that the consumer carries the burden that was meant for the producers of recyclable items.) Fine...I can do that. But it's not 100% refundable if I don't get the tax back, too.
California is taxing nothing. I love it...we pay taxes on nothing.
QUOTE:
"A Silly Tax
I recently received a phone call from an official in the grocery industry who had a question about whether sales tax could be charged on the California Redemption Value (CRV) that is charged on beverage containers. When I researched this issue, I discovered the source of my caller's confusion. The Board?s own regulations, publications, manuals and bulletins are not clear and consistent. I have asked the Board's legal staff to clarify, but I am stunned that such clarity is even required. The CRV is not tangible personal property and there is no justification for charging a tax on it. It is as silly as the sales tax that is levied on the gasoline tax. Consumers are being overcharged and overtaxed and that practice should cease immediately. Unfortunately, government is so addicted to spending that it no longer bases taxing decision on what is right or fair, but on what is needed to continue to feed the insatiable bureaucracy."
--Bill Leonard, Member of the State Board of Equalization
Where is this tax law? I can't find it anywhere. Can someone help?
Everywhere I read that the CRV is "100% refundable" and we shouldn't complain about that, now, should we. (Not even if it means that the consumer carries the burden that was meant for the producers of recyclable items.) Fine...I can do that. But it's not 100% refundable if I don't get the tax back, too.
California is taxing nothing. I love it...we pay taxes on nothing.
QUOTE:
"A Silly Tax
I recently received a phone call from an official in the grocery industry who had a question about whether sales tax could be charged on the California Redemption Value (CRV) that is charged on beverage containers. When I researched this issue, I discovered the source of my caller's confusion. The Board?s own regulations, publications, manuals and bulletins are not clear and consistent. I have asked the Board's legal staff to clarify, but I am stunned that such clarity is even required. The CRV is not tangible personal property and there is no justification for charging a tax on it. It is as silly as the sales tax that is levied on the gasoline tax. Consumers are being overcharged and overtaxed and that practice should cease immediately. Unfortunately, government is so addicted to spending that it no longer bases taxing decision on what is right or fair, but on what is needed to continue to feed the insatiable bureaucracy."
--Bill Leonard, Member of the State Board of Equalization
Where is this tax law? I can't find it anywhere. Can someone help?