I went to Costco last night. Every time I go there, I buy a plate of quinoa salad, weighing about 1 kilo ($12.13), cooked on site. I’m single and this allows me to eat healthier for a few days. At home, I add crumbled feta cheese, it’s very good. On this salad I pay both taxes, $1.82, because it is a ready-to-eat prepared meal.
Exceptionally, I also buy a Tuxedo cake, weighing just over 1 kilo ($18.99). Arriving home, curious, I wonder if I paid taxes on the cake. Well no !
I am made to pay taxes on the salad because it is a dish prepared on site and ready to eat (almost in my case), even if it is family size. The cake is also baked on site and ready to eat. It appears to be non-taxable because it is family size. What should we understand?
If governments really wanted to encourage us to eat healthily, they would tax the cake, but not the quinoa salad, right?
And me too, even if it is more expensive than the salad, I would rather pay the taxes on the cake
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