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Even routine personal care services and leisure activities aren’t spared. Health club memberships, salons, and even alcohol and tobacco products carry additional taxes. The list of taxed tangible personal property extends to garage sales; if you sell items on your lawn without reporting them, you could face penalties.
Songs like The Beatles’ famous “Tax Man” captured the spirit of high taxation, and it reportedly encouraged the band members to emigrate from England to escape their tax burdens. New York’s taxing environment is similarly oppressive, with the government constantly seeking new ways to extract revenue.