Posts Tagged by Taxes
| August 9, 2012 | Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider |
Once again, it’s time for everyone between the ages of five and eighteen to get ready to go back to school. It’s also time to stock up on gaming supplies, thanks to the back to school sales and tax-free weekends across the country. (If you’re not stateside, my apologies at pointing out this annual semi-event. We’ll get back to our regularly scheduled innuendos, GMing advice, and Halfling jokes shortly.) Even if your state is not on the list linked above, take a moment or two…
| August 12, 2011 | Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider |
It’s that time of year again. When the temperatures hit the triple digits, when downtown Indianapolis gets funky, and when kids are squeezing as much fun out of the last little bits of summer before school starts. That’s right, it’s time for tax-free weekends and back to school sales. Time to pick up another year’s worth of gaming supplies. Even if your state isn’t having a tax-free weekend (or has already had it * ), many of the local stores will have school supplies as…
| August 14, 2010 | Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider |
It’s that time again, when summer starts to wind down and back-to-school sales start to spool up. In honor or celebration (or simple vote-whoring), many states in the US will have Tax Free Weekends. For two reasons, this is an excellent time to stock up on school gaming supplies (sorry, but Cheetos are still taxed). Reason Number One is simple: No sales taxes on school supplies. The sales tax on a pack of notebook paper is pretty insignificant, but most states include more-expensive items. In…
| April 15, 2009 | Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider |
Does your campaign use taxes? Today’s a great reminder that taxes have been with us ever since one person could coerce/convince/threaten others to pay them. In the US, generally considered a low-tax nation, the upper tax bracket is 35%, and if your ‘adventuring party’ is considered a corporation (by way of their Adventuring Charter), they’re also subject to a 35% corporate tax rate, for a total tax bill of 42.25% of gross adjusted income. (Of course, you can probably write off that magic armor, although…
