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Anyone cooking today?
"graham" > wrote in message
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> On 2017-03-28 12:13 AM, Cheri wrote:
>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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>>> 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.
They could not decide on what was snack food and what wasn't. For instance,
was popcorn a snack food? Jerky? Were tangerines actually a snack food?
Jell-O? and so on. I was glad they did away with it.
Cheri
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