Tax Official Shuts Down Kids‘ Pumpkin Stand For Lacking ’Proper Permit’
LEWISTON, Idaho (The Blaze/AP) — An Idaho family that operates a roadside pumpkin stand is scared out of its gourd after a state tax collector showed up and tried to squash the business.
The Lewiston Tribune reports the Idaho State Tax Commission has called for the closure of a family’s pumpkin stand in Lewiston, a mill city along the Snake and Clearwater rivers.
Dan and Kami Charais told the newspaper that a Tax Commission employee informed them the stand was in violation of laws and had to shut its doors.
The couple says their 4- and 6-year-old children had been carving out a niche for themselves in the local jack-o-lantern market — to raise money for school sports, they say.
A Tax Commission representative told the newspaper that even goods sold at roadside stands are taxable and that the stand did not have a proper permit.
A similar event occurred in Portland, OR in August. 7-year-old Julie Murphy’s Lemonade stand was shut down by food inspectors at a local art fair for also lacking proper permits. The county later apologized.
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Information from: Lewiston Tribune, http://www.lmtribune.com
What is wrong with Obama and the Democrats? It is against the LAW for children to have an lemonaide stand or even a pumpkin stand without being taxed. I hear they are taxing garage sales too now. Yes, people voted for change, but is this the change people voted for?
Shame on you Mr. Government for taxing children.
I hope that you Democrats are defeated on Nov 2. We need to bring sanity back to government and get rid of the insanity of taxing children’s lemonaide and pumpkin stands to help raise money for kids sports.
Children across this nation try and raise money for their sports, music, and other programs by having bake sales, lemonaide stands and even a pumpkin patch this time of year. What is next taxing bake sales?
We live in a time where many schools make parents pay for the sport and music programs. It can be expensive and children try and raise money. for the government to shut down the avenue that many children use to raise money is wrong. What is next being taxed for the air we breath and water we drink to survive?
This is an example of why Americans are so angry with Democrats who want to control every aspect of American life. We feel like we are living in the USSR where every part of our life is under government control.
Let us hope Republicans win and they have learned their lesson and this time do the right thing.