Gregory Morrow wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Bowtie pasta tossed with grilled chicken strips, sundried tomatoes
>> and mushrooms (just plain ol' button mushrooms!) in a garlic cream
>> sauce. I'm pretty sure I can make this at home for *four* people at
>> that price. And since I have to go back to class I can't even have
>> a glass of wine with it! Definitely something for me to try at
>> home, though. I have sundried tomatoes in the pantry.
>
>
> For the price you can have a dinner party :-)
>
> OH I have a question - in the _New York Times_ a few weeks ago there
> was an article about the state food tax in Tennessee. Groceries are
> taxed at 10%, it makes up for the fact that there is no state income
> tax...or so the article said. I was shocked. it's a HIGH tax...
>
Sales tax is 7% plus a "use tax" which varies by city. In Memphis and the
surrounding areas (basically Shelby County), this brings the sales tax up to
9.25%. The total food tax is 8.25%. They are proposing either raising the
food tax or the sales tax in lieu of a state income tax, which keeps being
beaten down by our state representatives in Nashville due to public outcry.
I can't remember what the proposed state income tax was, IIRC it was an
additional 6% on top of the existing sales (or food) tax. Tennessee already
has the 2nd highest sales tax in the country so we, the people <G>, were
going *uh uh, no way* are you gonna tax us an additional 6% on our incomes.
So now they're trying to work around the incompetent handling of funds by
the politicians (budget deficit) by taxing us more, somehow.

> Is it the same for resto meals in TN...???

I believe restaurant meals (at least in Shelby County) are taxed at the
8.25% rate, but don't quote me

Jill