Taxing Taxes?

[umccoyw]

Is it legal or even right that the government Taxes taxes? Ill try to explain what i mean and give an example. Cigarettes and Gas have Federal and state and sometimes local taxes put on them. So lets say a pack of cigarettes costs $2.00 (please not i am not sure what actually taxes are) now the federal government adds a $1.80 tax to it so now it costs $3.80. And lets say there is a $2.00 state tax on cigarettes now the pack will cost $5.80. So why is it that when you buy that $5.80 pack of cigarettes you are paying sales tax on the $5.80 and not just sales tax on the original cost of $2.00 (my state has sales tax).

[HereSince1628]

1. Taxing taxes is generally called surcharging. It is legal.

As long as they tax YOUR vice and not my vices, why should I care?

:sarcasm:

[liberal N proud]

2. Think of them as revenue enhancements

That way it's not taxes

:sarcasm:

[umccoyw]

3. Government calls it a tax.

i miss the military everything on base is tax free

[Skink]

4. How much sales tax is being levied?

[umccoyw]

5. 8%

[floridablue]

6. We discovered that in Missouri several years ago and

filed refunds for our clients. After due delay, the State paid the refunds, but the Legislature then changed the law.

[umccoyw]

7. how would one go about filing for a refund? n/t

[floridablue]

8. The Department of Revenue/Sales Tax

had forms to file for refunds.