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Anyone cooking today?
On 2017-03-28 12:13 AM, Cheri wrote:
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 3/27/2017 8:30 PM, wrote:
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>>>> So.... this week here, 3lbs ground beef and 10lbs chicken quarters
>>>> all for only $10 plus tax.
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>>> Tax on food????
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>> Pretty sleazy to tax it IMO, but some do.
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>> 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
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> 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.
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> Cheri
Snacks are taxed here. I bought one chocolate scone the other day and
paid sales tax. Had I bought several, tax would not have been added.
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