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by AnthonyMouse 1074 days ago
> Truck bought to haul 2 bags of groceries is not. Tax the second one.

How do you do this without taxing the first one?

If someone buys a truck to haul building materials to a building site, they are understandably not going to buy a separate vehicle just to haul 2 bags of groceries. But then how do you know what anybody is using it for the rest of the time? The list of legitimate purposes is unlimited. You're a homeowner who is into gardening and always bringing home mulch and saplings and renting landscaping equipment for projects. You're a retrocomputing enthusiast whose hobby requires you to be constantly transporting old mainframes. You're a parent who has to transport an entire junior varsity soccer team to practice every night.

How do you propose to distinguish any of these from someone who only buys a tank to carry home groceries?