Which States Tax the Sale of Food for Home Consumption in 2007?


 

Publication Date: October 2007

Publisher: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)

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Research Area: Banking and finance

Keywords: Economic projections; State budgets; Tax code; Food consumption

Type: Report

Abstract:

Forty-five states and the District of Columbia levy general sales taxes.  Most of those states have eliminated, reduced, or offset the tax as applied to food for home consumption.  The relief strategies include full or partial exemptions from the sales tax for food purchased for home consumption and credits or rebates to offset the food tax.