Hidden taxes ?????

[gurrera]

This is an image of a sales receipt from Cabela’s, a popular sporting goods store.



“The 2.3% Medical Excise Tax that began on January 1st is supposed to be ‘hidden’ from the consumer, but it’s been brought to the public’s attention by hunting and fishing store Cabela’s who have refused to hide it and are showing it as a separate line item tax on their receipts,†the email states.


I did some research and found directly from the IRS's website information that PROVES this to be true and an accurate portrayal of something hidden in Obamacare that I was not aware of!

Now being sceptical of this I went to the IRS website and found this!
Q1. What is the medical device excise tax?

A1. Section 4191 of the Internal Revenue Code imposes an excise tax on the sale of certain medical devices by the manufacturer or importer of the device.

Q2. When does the tax go into effect?

A2. The tax applies to sales of taxable medical devices after Dec. 31, 2012.

Q3. How much is the tax?

A3. The tax is 2.3 percent of the sale price of the taxable medical device. See Chapter 5 of IRS Publication 510, Excise Taxes, and Notice 2012-77 for additional information on the determination of sale price.
IRS.gov Chapter Five Publication 510 (07/2012), Excise Taxes

So being more curious I clicked on "Chapter 5 of IRS Publication 510" And WALLAH! What do I find under "MEDICAL DEVICES" under "MANUFACTURERS TAXES"?

Manufacturers Taxes
The following discussion of manufacturers taxes applies to the tax on:
Sport fishing equipment;
Fishing rods and fishing poles;
Electric outboard motors;
Fishing tackle boxes;
Bows, quivers, broadheads, and points;
Arrow shafts;
Coal;
Taxable tires;
Gas guzzler automobiles; and
Vaccines.
IRS.gov

I think we have definitely been fooled, if we believe that the
Affordable Care Act is all about health care. It truly does appear
to be nothing more than a bill laden with a whole lot of taxes
that we the people have yet to be aware of!

Gurrera

 

[MLSDUKE1]

wow

 

[VIPER]

Hate to say it but told ya so!!!! Obama and his bs and the democratic agenda is finally showing its ugly face. Tell me how hunting and fishing equipment qualifies as medical equipment?

 

[VaBusa]

OMG, can you even begin to imagine all the things we DON'T know that our gov't is doing to us via a "tax"?! It's all so secret, so convoluted, the average American has no clue...

 

[mr8ball]

You know that bad thing about it Vabs is that we will never know

 

[VaBusa]

You know that bad thing about it Vabs is that we will never know

I know

 

[voodoolord]

Kudos to Cabelas for not hiding this. I want to hear the justification for listing a fishing reel under medical devices.

 

[VaBusa]

Kudos to Cabelas for not hiding this. I want to hear the justification for listing a fishing reel under medical devices.

Knowing the gov't, they'll call buying such items "therapy"

 

[StromBusa]

"Sheeple Shield"

 

[dadofthree]

Dayum, I'm getting to old to bend over, guess I'll have to take this one standing

 

[zukracer]

Dayum, I'm getting to old to bend over, guess I'll have to take this one standing

better than taking it laying down

 

[zukracer]

Kudos to Cabelas for not hiding this. I want to hear the justification for listing a fishing reel under medical devices.

They use them to relieve the cranial rectal insertion rampant in Washington, particularly around Congress. Sadly they have not found a solution for the issue yet, though perhaps the next election can find at least part of a cure. Until then, fishing reels and heavy duty rods are certainly medically necessary for the folks that walk around like this

 

[chrisjp]

wow....what a load of crap

 

[Projekt]

Just a drop in the bucket. Just building up the treasury for the next Republican administration to blow on another foreign war.

 

[Fireman6615]

And what can we do about it?

 

[Sous]

Just a drop in the bucket. Just building up the treasury for the next Republican administration to blow on another foreign war.

OOOOOOPS....did I say no new taxes?????

Obama's version of "read my lips NO NEW TAXES" - YouTube[/url]

 

[dadofthree]

Just a drop in the bucket. Just building up the treasury for the next Republican administration to blow on another foreign war.

Thank God ! Always a positive.

 

[dadofthree]

And what can we do about it?

What the working American has done for decades ........ pay up.

 

[Tufbusa]

Is anyone surprised? For sure not me

Not exactly the same but along the same lines, I saw a news clip (Most likely not shown on any of the left wing channels) that a burger chain who has six outlets back east was adding a 5% medical surcharge to every purchase to cover the additional cost of Obama care. The owner said he had a choice of raising the price of a burger or laying off employees to cover the annual ($60,000) cost increase of health insurance. Apparently he wants the public to know what they are paying for by listing the medical surcharge on the receipt.

The bottom line is the consumer is going to pay for Obama care through the purchase of everything you buy form hospital care to the burger you get at McDonalds. Business is going to pass along the cost of doing business and Obama Care is massive behemoth that's going to suck a surprising amount of cash from each and every consumer. Watch groceries take another giant leap $$$ into the Obama Care (Nationalized Medicine) era!

 

[TWT racer]

OOOOOOPS....did I say no new taxes?????

Obama's version of "read my lips NO NEW TAXES" - YouTube[/url]

C'mon now, lets be realistic here though. I can almost assure you that "NO TAX" thing wasn't in the real world. It MUST have been during the campaign
So..... there's a huge difference in the things you say during the campaign and what you actually DO!!!!!