How Much ‘Sin Taxes’ Do YOU Pay?

-By Warner Todd Huston

We all know about sales tax or income taxes because we see them coming right out of our sales or our income tax filings. But what about the so-called “sin taxes”? How much of those do we pay?

We don’t often see them as clearly because cigarette and alcohol taxes are sort of bundled right in with the purchase price of our goods. So, the effects of these taxes are nearly invisible to us.

So, the folks at Accounting School Guide decided to whip up a great graphic that shows just how much “sin taxes” can affect your bottom line…

Please click on the image below to see the full graphic.


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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer. He has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and before that he wrote articles on U.S. history for several small American magazines. His political columns are featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com, BigHollywood.com, and BigJournalism.com, as well as RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, StoptheACLU.com, Wizbang.com, among many, many others. Huston has also appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN, and many local TV shows as well as numerous talk radio shows throughout the country.

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