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12-Year-Old Targeted By Idaho Tax Commission For Raspberry Stand
A 12-year-old boy in Pocatello is being targeted by the Idaho Tax Commission for setting up a small raspberry stand without giving the state a percentage of his profits.
Tayson
Weeks, who decided to sell raspberries from his family’s farm to save
up for a small motorcycle, was confronted by the tax commission on his
second day selling to local residents. Following an earlier accident
that landed him in the hospital with a concussion, Tayson hoped to spend
his summer learning how to properly save money through the raspberry
stand.“He wanted to buy himself a little Honda pit bike. I told him he’d have to pay it for himself,” said Jason Weeks, the boy’s father.
According to Jason, the Tax Commission handed his son a tax form and gave him until Oct. 15 to send the state 6 percent of his earnings. The piece comes following a report by Anthony Gucciardi detailing how, meanwhile, a top bureaucrat works for around 2 hours per day and makes over $400,000 in cash paid for by union workers.
“When I was young, I would sell farm-grown produce from a stand in Park City and no sales tax was involved,” Jason told the Idaho State Journal.
According to Saul Cohen, a tax policy specialist for Idaho’s Tax Commission, it wouldn’t be fair to let the young boy make a few dollars on the side without being taxed.
“What the youngster is doing is selling tangible products. Our mission is to advance fairness in collection,” said Cohen.
Whether or not Tayson plans to pay the state or even continue with his raspberry stand is currently unknown.
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