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Life in New York was already expensive enough, and then the state had to go and sneak in a bagel tax on its most iconic breakfast food.
If you buy an uncut bagel or a bag of bagels, you’ll walk away tax-free. But if you ask for the bagel to be altered in any way, you’ll be charged sales tax — which totals a steep 8.875% in New York City.
State officials indicate that the tax applies whether you simply ask for the bagel to be cut in half, or get the classic lox and a shmear.
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