Inaugural Amusement Tax Due
They’re calling for five or six hundred tickets to be sold.
At a hundred bucks a pop, that’s around sixty grand in gross ticket sales.
And considering that this group putting the event together is most-likely not a non-profit (and it certainly isn’t “educational” or “charitable” by any means), I’d say that, yes, the ten percent amusement tax IS going to be due on the Linda Thompson Inaugural Ball.
You see, THIS is the kind of shit that I’m worried about. I’ve written before about “selective enforcement” (a federal crime) and if the Amusement Tax is NOT paid on this event, then I’ll be at city hall banging my pots and pans together.
Steve Ketterer (until he retired) watched my events like a HAWK. And it’s simply because I’ve been publicly challenging this tax since I started promoting events in Harrisburg. Had I been a “good citizen” and remained quiet about it, then I’d probably have several thousand dollars more in my bank account today.
But we paid. Every. Single. Show.
Now, Linda, it’s your turn. Maybe now you’ll understand the lunacy of this tax and will be prompted to do something about it.
All we want is a fair playing field.
And what’s fair (at this stage of the game) is for you to pony up your five thousand dollars due in amusement tax on your event.
Jersey, Jersey, Jersey
Do you really expect amusement tax to be paid from this event? There is nothing in the Bible that states the paying of an amusement tax. If we called it an amusement tithe, well my friend that may be a different story, but don’t expect Harrisburg’s coffers to get any fuller from this. As we know now LT lets the Bible, not the Constitution, be her guide. Oh well what do I know, I am just a pathetic blogger. The sad thing for you my friend is that, after years of fighting this tax, finally securing a meeting with Mayor Reid it may all be for nothing. Good luck.
Keep abiding