In that senario the same thing happens: tax is paid on the final sale no matter where the money comes from. Find it on the street, your piggy bank, the customer, whatever. Tax is on $ spent for consumer goods only, and not on parts to make projects. BillR
-----Original Message----- From: "Luther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: 6/22/08 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] More government waste What if a customer of mine gives me cash to purchase construction items for a job I'm doing? Does this purchase go against me or my customer? How do they know who actually funded the purchase???? Luther On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:27:54 -0500, Wonko the Sane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How are you going to track what I spend if I pay in cash? I dropped about > $40 yesterday at the local farm store on projects. Will I have to give my > Social Security Number every time I make a purchase? I put $30 diesel into > my 240D today and used my debit card -- will that be tracked? > > I try really hard to forget my wacko-religion upbringing, but the Book of > Revelation is flashing warning signs to me. > > D. > > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Bill R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> At the beginning of each month everyone, rich or poor, would be given a >> prebate [if that is a word] of the 23% taxes up to the poverty line. Spend >> only that and you >> essentially pay no taxes, spend more than whatever the federal poverty line >> is and pay more taxes. >> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com