Shopper wins toilet paper tax case against Kmart
Friday, November 30, 2007
By Patricia Sabatini, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Murrysville resident Mary Bach has won her small claims suit against Kmart for improperly charging her state sales tax on toilet tissue. District Judge Jeffrey Herbst yesterday ordered Kmart to pay $100 in damages plus $59.50 in court costs. The longtime consumer advocate sued in September after being charged 28 cents tax on a $3.99, 12-pack of Angel Soft toilet tissue on two separate occasions at the Kmart store on Mall Boulevard in Monroeville. Although most paper goods are taxable in Pennsylvania, toilet tissue is exempt. "I'm delighted," Mrs. Bach said yesterday shortly after the judge's ruling. Kmart, which was represented by the Pittsburgh office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, will not appeal the ruling, Kmart spokeswoman Kim Freely said. "We don't want to fight with our customers," she said. "We apologize for the inconvenience and the problem is being corrected. "We work diligently to tax products correctly," Ms. Freely said. "Occasionally, errors occur." Mrs. Bach, who represented herself in court, said Kmart offered to settle her suit before yesterday's proceedings, but the deal required her to sign a confidentiality agreement, which she refused to do. "I want consumers as they shop during the important holiday season to be aware of what is and what isn't taxable," she said. "I would lose my ability to spread that message if I were gagged." Her experience, she said, shows that consumers "need to look at every line" on their sales receipts when they shop. Patricia Sabatini can be reached at psabatini@post-gazette.com or 412-263-3066.
First published on November 30, 2007 at 12:00 am
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Recycled toilet paper is made from used paper. It isn't made from used toilet paper. That would be gross.
"Toilet papier" is the term for toilet paper in Afrikaans.
yes toilet paper is a solid.
The fact that it is paper for a toilet
No thick toilet paper is not responsible for clogging the toilet, Toilet paper of any thickness is designed to flush away.
Because the toilet paper is the wheel and the line that holds the toilet paper up is the axle so that makes a toilet paper dispenser a wheel and axle!!:)
No, toilet paper is made from wood pulp or recycled paper, not used toilet paper. The fibers in used toilet paper are too short and damaged to be recycled into new paper products.
As soft as Mcdonalds toilet paper
Toilet paper is phirigami in Japanese.
Yes, all toilet paper is biodegradable.
There is no adhesive in toilet paper.
flushing ones toilet paper depends on the grade, you shouldn't be throwing heavy or very course toilet paper into the toilet as it causes blockages. keep to thin toilet paper for when actually using the toilet and use the heavier and courser toilet paper for when drying your hands and put it into the basket.