And you never do this before they hatch
In MA, there’s a farm animal tax:
The tax is assessed based on the number of animals and amount of machinery a farmer has at the time assessors take a farm census by March 1, according to law.
Says one farmer:
“For me to go out and count every chicken that is moving or standing still is a lot of work,” said Ms. Dumont.
When I did the public accounting thing, a client had chickens. And they had to be counted. And chickens are hard to count. They move around and all look pretty much the same. So, said one of my co-workers tasked with such a job, the way you count chickens is by taking a picture and counting the chickens in the picture.
April 2nd, 2010 at 1:15 pm
My first instinct was to count them with a paintball marker.
April 2nd, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Are those quotes supposed to be identical?
April 2nd, 2010 at 4:24 pm
no. my copy and paste is weak. and that made the joke not work.
April 2nd, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Nc tried this a few years back only on cats and dogs. It was a resounding failure much like the obamas unemployment pep rally.
April 3rd, 2010 at 12:45 pm
The inherent flaw in this is that you cannot ask someone to incriminate themselves, and how are you gonna know that they lied if you can’t go count them yourself? I certainly won’t allow the county assessor onto my property.
April 3rd, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Mayor – You’ll find that the law allows the assessor to come onto your property without your consent.
April 3rd, 2010 at 7:53 pm
My town has an animal permit requirement for all dogs and cats. $5 per animal if you get one voluntarily, more (like $15) if you don’t have one and show up at your veterinarian with an unpermitted animal.
My kid’s boa is not yet taxed.
I am wondering what they do to collect taxes on all the abandoned kittens in town.
April 4th, 2010 at 10:18 am
*sigh* Phelps beat me to it.