New York: Haunted Houses Subject to Sales Tax

Here's a tax that would scare any reasonable person. If you are in New York visiting a haunted house, then your visit will be subject to sales tax as it is considered a place of amusement.

Yet New York, home of one of the greatest theater arts communities in the world, doesn't tax musical comedies, operas, or chamber music shows.

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