Can this be true?

  • brucea
    Maplewood,MN
    Posts: 431
    #1356647

    This one is probably just the tip of the iceberg. Look up the taxes on vaccines!!!!! Hard to believe they could or would do this!
    Subject: 2.3% Medical Excise Tax I hope other retailers take a clue from Cabela’s . IRS Publication 510 Subject: Cabela’s You’ve got to read this!

    Medical Excise Tax on Retail Receipts
    This is an image of a sales receipt from Cabela’s, a popular sporting goods store

    Medical Excise Tax on Retail Receipts
    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 skeptical 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 http://www.irs.gov/publications/p510/ch05.html
    So being more curious I clicked on “Chapter 5
    of IRS Publication 510.”
    And what do I find under “MEDICAL DEVICES” under
    “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.
    Please pass this on . I am still incredulous that this can go on .Where is our press ? I guess it’s just like Nancy Pelosi said. “We have to pass it to see what is in it .”
    What is next? What else is there we do not know about? God help u

    Will Roseberg
    Moderator
    Hanover, MN
    Posts: 2121
    #1379785

    I’m guessing you cut and pasted this information from a chain email

    Ever hear of Snopes?

    dfresh
    Fridley, MN
    Posts: 3053
    #1379788

    According to this, no: Snopes

    Unless the ILLUMINATI got to Cabelas!!

    belletaine
    Nevis, MN
    Posts: 5116
    #1379790

    There was something on the internet a few years ago regarding add on taxes and it was on a Cabelas receipt as well. That one was a hoax. I’m not sure about this one but circumstances make it appear that’s it’s just resurfacing.

    Huntindave
    Shell Rock Iowa
    Posts: 3088
    #1379791

    I consider most everything I buy at Cabelas to be a “medical device”,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, everything I buy there is required for my well being and sanity. Does that mean I can now deduct it all as a medical expense at the end of the year?

    Doug Bonwell
    Cedar Falls IA
    Posts: 887
    #1379799

    Quote:


    I consider most everything I buy at Cabelas to be a “medical device”,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, everything I buy there is required for my well being and sanity. Does that mean I can now deduct it all as a medical expense at the end of the year?


    I checked the above out on snoopes and it’s true.

    BBKK
    IA
    Posts: 4033
    #1379804

    I’ve seen that on facebook at least once a month for about 2 years now. Its fake!

    tbrooks11
    Posts: 605
    #1379805

    obviously its real… havent you heard? everything on the internet is true..

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    #1379809

    On a related note, I am glad they are taxing those terrible medical device manufacturers and not us little guys.

    Mudshark
    LaCrosse WI
    Posts: 2973
    #1379811

    Quote:


    On a related note, I am glad they are taxing those terrible medical device manufacturers and not us little guys.


    vikefanmn77
    Northfield,MN
    Posts: 1493
    #1379816

    Can’t say whether or not its true, but snopes is certainly not an unbiased place for information…its run by a liberal couple from Cali.

    sinister-fishing
    Omaha, Ne for now
    Posts: 293
    #1379827

    Would this really surprise you if it was true? This administration does anything it wants and when it wants. I hope all you sportsmen take a real good look when it comes to the next elections. Our freedoms to hunt and fish are under a silent attack by the liberals in our government. If they can’t stop us they will tax us so heavily that you won’t be able to afford the hobbys we all love. Obamacare when pitched to us said no fines and we can keep our plans if we like them. B.S. sorry about the rant but our government does whatever and whenever it wants

    nhamm
    Inactive
    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    #1379838

    Quote:


    Would this really surprise you if it was true? This administration does anything it wants and when it wants. I hope all you sportsmen take a real good look when it comes to the next elections. Our freedoms to hunt and fish are under a silent attack by the liberals in our government. If they can’t stop us they will tax us so heavily that you won’t be able to afford the hobbys we all love. Obamacare when pitched to us said no fines and we can keep our plans if we like them. B.S. sorry about the rant but our government does whatever and whenever it wants


    Other side of the token would be conservatives giving the master key to the corporations and the deregulating causing some major environmental issues down the road that was not “foreseen”. Its a lose lose.

    belletaine
    Nevis, MN
    Posts: 5116
    #1379843

    Quote:


    obviously its real… havent you heard? everything on the internet is true..


    It must be true…Bigfoot said so!

    dfresh
    Fridley, MN
    Posts: 3053
    #1379848

    Quote:


    Would this really surprise you if it was true? This administration does anything it wants and when it wants. I hope all you sportsmen take a real good look when it comes to the next elections. Our freedoms to hunt and fish are under a silent attack by the liberals in our government. If they can’t stop us they will tax us so heavily that you won’t be able to afford the hobbys we all love. Obamacare when pitched to us said no fines and we can keep our plans if we like them. B.S. sorry about the rant but our government does whatever and whenever it wants


    Didn’t I already bring up the ILLUMINATI above?

    Andy Fiolka
    Boise, Idaho
    Posts: 543
    #1379893

    Quote:


    Bon Jour


    Well played sir!

    weldon
    Rochester, Mn
    Posts: 304
    #1379913

    I was at my dentist at the end of the year and they took new X-rays. I enquired why X-rays were being taken as I just had a new crown 6 months prior and knew they were not required at this time. The dentist was required by new legislation to have portable records (digitized x rays) so had to purchase a new X-ray machine to comply and had to take X-rays of his patients to comply with medical law.

    So, this topic caused me to investigate and I found the following information… Are Dental Offices Required to use Digital…

    So, it seems my dentist is pushing the technology to get a government subsidy on the equipment.

    brucea
    Maplewood,MN
    Posts: 431
    #1379954

    I paid the 2.3% Medical Excise Tax on hearing aids last month. That part I know is true.

Viewing 21 posts - 1 through 21 (of 21 total)

You must be logged in to reply to this topic.