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1. 

   kcijones001:

   insane, but not fully annoyed until this is an issue in Manhattan

   Aug 24th 2010 at 10:57 am
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   Steve:

   they should tax scooped bagels

   Aug 24th 2010 at 11:03 am
3. 

   kcijones001:

   ha. i should pay less when i asked for a scooped bagel!

   Aug 24th 2010 at 11:06 am
4. 

   Yvo:

   You're wasting! lol

   Aug 24th 2010 at 11:35 am
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   Dave:

   They're taxing thanks to services rendered, of course. Anything beyond handing you your food purchase counts as a taxable event, sorta like you've crossed over from selling food to being a restaurant.

   Aug 24th 2010 at 12:07 pm
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   Dan L:

   Isn't this just about taxing prepared food vs not taxing groceries? Don't sandwiches get taxed? Buying a bagel with cream cheese is a heck of a lot more like buying a sandwich from a deli than buying a loaf of bread from the supermarket.

   If you hate the entire idea of paying taxes on food, that's fine, but I don't see why the bagels should get some sort of special treatment.

   Aug 24th 2010 at 1:16 pm
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   vdubjb:

   I dont eat bagels for breakfast. Free coffee and my apple = fight the power!

   Aug 24th 2010 at 1:45 pm
8. 

   CheeeeEEEEse:

   LOL. The original Brueggers was in Troy NY. Barf.

   Aug 24th 2010 at 2:45 pm
9. 

   Rootbeer:

   Not a new tax, just a new enforcement initiative.

   "Prepared foods" have been subject to sales tax for a long time. I could understand the operators of a bodega or street cart failing to observe this detail of tax law, but I'm puzzled why a chain like Bruegger's wouldn't have already had the tax rules programmed into their registers.

   Aug 25th 2010 at 12:07 pm
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    StreetMeasOnsumer3008:

    Boo to taxes on sliced bagels. Luckily I usually don't get them at bagel places.

    Don't slice them. Sell them whole only.
    Get people to butter/ cream-cheese the top of the bagel themselves or cut it on their own. Keep it WHOLE. HAHAHA.

    Aug 25th 2010 at 1:09 pm
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    kcijones001:

    cc on the side

    Aug 25th 2010 at 1:27 pm
12. 

    Ike:

    Rootbeer makes good points. I think prepared foods are taxed in most states, aren't they? Bruegger's wants to fool people into thinking it's a "new" tax but it's not. The idea is to tax only splurges, not basic requirements of life like groceries. But how do you define groceries? Well, whole bagels are apparently groceries, but as soon as they prepare them in any way, they become restaurant food, which you don't NEED to survive, strictly speaking. Seems logical to me.

    However, there are lots of crazy/confusing sales tax rules:
    http://www.nysscpa.org/trustedprof/508/tp3.htm

    What drives me crazy is that NJ and NY and probably lots of other states tax chocolate bars, but not cookies (or anything containing flour) or (in NJ, not sure about NY) ice cream (or anything needing refrigeration). What's up with that? Either tax all sweet stuff, or none of it. Why does flour get a pass?

    Aug 25th 2010 at 4:12 pm
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    CheeeeEEEEse:

    Ike, flour is heavily subsidized....so make your own assumptions...

    Aug 25th 2010 at 4:15 pm

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