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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

The caffeinated tax code

An exclusive Western Standard article by Seyitbek Usmanov:

"Forget the free lunch--employees can't even have free coffee without noting it on their income taxes."

Posted by Matthew Johnston on January 30, 2008 | Permalink

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Never mind. I'm of the opinion that some groups can beat any tax system. But those who comply pay for those who lie. Nothing's perfect.

Posted by: dewp | 2008-01-30 9:38:48 PM


Never mind. I'm of the opinion that some groups can beat any tax system. But those who comply pay for those who lie. Nothing's perfect.

Posted by: dewp | 2008-01-30 9:38:54 PM


Doubtless a law of Liberal origin since ignored by the Tories.

Posted by: Ron Bezant | 2008-02-01 7:20:23 PM


I would think that any item an employer provides a worker to increase productivity during the work day or at the workplace should be tax free. Providing lunches encourages working through lunches. Providing coffee encourages employess to be more alert. If these so-called' benefits' become taxable, what next? Tax our desktop computer... because it is really only a convenience and not a neccessity of the workplace? Tax the ergonomic chair (because 'hey.. we could work from the floor... office furniture is simply a perk.' Even tax your office space, because we cold all be working in the parking lot. Just another case that proves common sense isn't quite so common.

Posted by: Steve O'Neill | 2008-02-19 5:43:45 PM



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