I maintain that there may even be a Federal Law forbidding sales tax on staple foods like milk, eggs, bread and such. Some one told me that it varies state to state. I think they are wrong.
2006-12-14 06:58:21 · 5 answers · asked by Tumbling Dice 5 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
it is state law that determines whether food items are taxed. I only know of states I have lived in. CA taxes some food. IN taxes no food. IL taxed food but not literature. LA taxes everything you can imagine. VA taxes some items but not all. KS taxes food. MO taxes food. The sites on the net telling you what states tax food and what states don't are incorrect. They all list LA as "food tax eliminated". I am looking at my receipts now and every food item from groceries to restaurant items is taxed at full rate. Here 9.75 percent.
2006-12-14 07:07:02 · answer #1 · answered by rcgames 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No federal law. Unless a state's taxing scheme violates either the federal or state constitutions, they can tax just about anything they want.
A number of state tax food including milk, bread etc. These include UT, HI, ID, KS, NM, SC and some home rule cities in AZ and CO.
2006-12-14 16:54:08 · answer #2 · answered by zudmelrose 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whether food is taxed depends on the state. Sales tax law varies so much, it's hard to keep up.
2006-12-14 20:34:04 · answer #3 · answered by Steve 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in B'ham, Alabama. We are taxed on all food items. When I was in California all non pre-prepared foods were not. A frozen pizza would be. Hope this helps.(State to State varies)
2006-12-14 15:08:33 · answer #4 · answered by dusty_starduster64 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wallgreens charges sales tax on milk.
2014-07-22 11:03:06 · answer #5 · answered by pierced 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋