"Cheri" wrote in message news
"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 3/27/2017 8:30 PM, wrote:
>
>>> So.... this week here, 3lbs ground beef and 10lbs chicken quarters
>>> all for only $10 plus tax.
>>
>> Tax on food????
>>
>
>
> Pretty sleazy to tax it IMO, but some do.
>
> States that tax groceries (rate if not fully taxed): Alabama, Arkansas
> (3%), Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois (1%), Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri
> (1.225%), Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee (5.5%), Utah (1.75%), Virginia
> (1.5% + 1% local option tax), and West Virginia (5%).Jan 11, 2008


They tried a "snack tax" here in CA, but it didn't last long. Big surprise
that the lawmakers could never decide what was a snack food and what wasn't
so they did away with it. It was stupid in the first place.

Cheri

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When we buy something, the tax is included in the price. We never see
*price* + *tax*



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