Certainly in actual legislation, formalizing the criteria so that there are no exceptions is wise. This is often equivalent to throwing out the rule and rethinking why you’re considering it in the first place, so as to have a more legible description of who it applies to.
Certainly in actual legislation, formalizing the criteria so that there are no exceptions is wise. This is often equivalent to throwing out the rule and rethinking why you’re considering it in the first place, so as to have a more legible description of who it applies to.
To take a non-hotbutton topic, this is the very simple version of a rule for whether something is “prepared food” in Washington State and thus is taxed differently from groceries: https://dor.wa.gov/education/industry-guides/restaurants-and-retailers-prepared-food/retail-sales-tax. There are pages of details and exceptions to the exceptions in the actual legislation and case law around it.