Really surprised to hear they have sales tax on ALL food, not just packaged stuff or restaurant food! Not sure what the rationale is for that.
you must live in Florida.
Far from it dude! I’m in Canada.
oh, yeah. most US states still require sales tax on all food, regardless of if it’s raw or not.
it’s yet another one of those things Americans don’t realize how fucked up it is until someone points out why it’s fucked up.
The vast majority of states do not tax food items.
Only 10 states still do: https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/states-that-still-tax-groceries
I didn’t realize there were states where groceries were taxed.
I thought states that taxes groceries were the norm. If this is not true I will be even madder.
I’ve lived in Missouri my whole life and never really grocery shop when I go out of state. You telling me other states just pay the sticker price?
On food items, yes.
Bad news for ya. Texas checking in with tax-free food
I live in ohio. Food not taxed, drinks are.
In OHIO.
Yeah, Ohio has its shit together more than your state.
Ohio functioned remotely ok not that long ago
we still have grocery tax in my state. I think at the least they should not allow tax on fresh foods and I would include bags of beans and grains as fresh.
Some states probably really really want to tax your tax if they could.
State Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, an Arnold Republican, said the bill is an attempt to increase affordability for Missourians as prices rise.
Read that over and over again, Missourians.
You may have misread something here, Coleman is in favour of the bill, not against.
Yeah fuck the bill’s sponsor and her desire to reduce costs for a family of four by $50 every month
State Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, an Arnold Republican, said the bill is an attempt to increase affordability for Missourians as prices rise.
“Missourians are paying more and more for necessities,” Coleman said. “Most of us agree fundamentally that essential services should not be funded on the backs of the poor.”
Coleman said a family of four would save $54 per month with the removal of grocery sales tax.
It’s nice to try to reduce the cost for the citizens but with less tax money some other tax needs to be increased or some service will have to save money.
Dimmitt also said that because the bulk of property taxes go to schools and other jurisdictions, local governments rely on sales taxes to fund police and fire departments, road repairs, trash and recycling, among many other services.
What is the issue?
Read it again! (jk)
poor and hungry people will work for much less wage than people with proper nutrition and savings accounts.
The state of misery always lives up to its name.
Tax cuts only benefit corporations. They already price their goods at the maximum that consumers will (read: are able to) pay. Guess what happens if consumers can suddenly pay 10% more because they don’t have to pay 10% tax?
So the opposite must be true too right? When taxes go way up companies drop their prices to compensate because according to you they only charge what consumers can pay. Except that doesn’t happen at all. Instead tariffs caused prices to go way up and continue to do so.
What complete nonsense.
No. There is nuance to the tax cut and tax levy argument. Circumstances matter. Cutting taxes on groceries would immediately lower food prices for everyone, the poor included.
well you no longer have to do the off-label calculation
one of the things i love about australian taxes: by law the displayed price must include all taxes… the price on the label/menu/sign/website/whatever is the price you pay… by law
always catches me out in the US adding tax and tip 😓 i end up spending way more than i’d intended and having a far worse experience because of it
