Funny reads on the Tax Lawyers Blog

One of the blogs that we keep up with here at Mass Tax-ed is the Tax Lawyer's Blog. Great publication if, for lack of any better reason, the masthead on the blog itself. The content is entertaining too. Check it out:

http://blog.pappastax.com/

At Mass Tax-ed, we don't mind injecting some humor into our work from time to time. For instance, here's an article from the Tax Lawyer's Blog concerning "strange taxes":

http://www.billshrink.com/blog/7738/13-weird-taxes-and-tax-breaks-from-around-the-world/

Among the entries:

- Tax on illegal drugs (in Tennessee)

- Tax on odd baby names (in Sweden)

- Tax on playing cards (in Alabama)

- Witchcraft (in the Netherlands)

Unfortunately, no tax on mass text messages were discovered. Maybe some day in the future...