Taxes, Food | featured news

Although taxes are one of life’s certainties, they can still surprise you. Consider the iconic New York bagel: decide to have yours toasted, and it’ll come with a tax. The rationale is that sliced bagels are usually consumed on a café or store’s premises—and restaurant meals are taxed, whereas groceries (like a dozen unsliced bagels) are not.

It's a proposition some might find hard to swallow: a 20-percent tax on unhealthy food to improve the health of the nation.