On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 09:13:37 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>"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*

on your cash register receipt, everything you bought will be itemized
and totaled and the tax will be applied to the total. When you see
the price of an item on the shelf or the item itself, it does not say
the tax amount.
Janet US