In Iowa, the taxman has decided that pumpkins are not food - which is normally exempt from sales tax. If you want to buy a pumpkin for eatin', you have to fill out a special form that the taxman devised to avoid paying the tax.
It makes perfectly good sense to 1) make paperwork for customers, retailers and tax people to review to keep people from having to pay about a dime in tax 2) to announce your changes just to spite people who might otherwise enjoy a holiday 3) encourage people to buy plastic and 4) enhance State revenues for just enough to pay the cost of collecting the tax.
Congratulations, Iowa!
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