does your town have a food tax?

[OutHouse]

I really dont know how governments can get away with taxing food, why not tax air? The idea is that people who are poor, have to eat, and taxing them on a basic food is foolish. Move the tax to a place where it taps off the disposable income.

 

[nakedfrog]

Only prepared food is taxed here.

 

[minendo]

Yup, all of my food is taxed at the standard local sales tax rate. Those that make under a certain dollar amount per year may be eligible for a food tax refund. That amount is less than $29,700 per year.

 

[vi edit]

1% on grocery food and drugs.
10% on fast food, restaurants, and bars.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

On the TX/AR border here.

TX has no sales tax on groceries, and 8.25% on prepared foods.

The AR side of the city has the regular sales tax on groceries and a surcharge on prepared foods of 12%

So anytime you eat on the TX side it's like an automatic 12% discount. And then the Arkansas side bitches that they get no business. Fucktards.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
On the TX/AR border here.

TX has no sales tax on groceries, and 8.25% on prepared foods.

The AR side of the city has the regular sales tax on groceries and a surcharge on prepared foods of 12%

So anytime you eat on the TX side it's like an automatic 12% discount. And then the Arkansas side bitches that they get no business. Fucktards.

texarkana?

 

[Czar]

They tax money transactions, therefore if I buy food I pay tax

 

[adairusmc]

No sales tax for anything here.

 

[BoomerD]

No sales tax on groceries, but we pay sales tax on prepared foods, whether it's in a restaurant, from the grocery store's deli, etc.

 

[GRIFFIN1]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
On the TX/AR border here.

TX has no sales tax on groceries, and 8.25% on prepared foods.

The AR side of the city has the regular sales tax on groceries and a surcharge on prepared foods of 12%

So anytime you eat on the TX side it's like an automatic 12% discount. And then the Arkansas side bitches that they get no business. Fucktards.

If the Texas side of Texarkana ever decides to sell alcohol, then there will never be any reason to set foot on the Arkansas side of the city.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: GRIFFIN1

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
On the TX/AR border here.

TX has no sales tax on groceries, and 8.25% on prepared foods.

The AR side of the city has the regular sales tax on groceries and a surcharge on prepared foods of 12%

So anytime you eat on the TX side it's like an automatic 12% discount. And then the Arkansas side bitches that they get no business. Fucktards.

If the Texas side of Texarkana ever decides to sell alcohol, then there will never be any reason to set foot on the Arkansas side of the city.

texarkana tx is a dry city?

 

[PepePeru]

yes.
sales taxes are levied on groceries...milk, juice, bread you name it.

regressive bullshit.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Citrix

texarkana tx is a dry city?

every county in texas has a local option for complete wet, complete dry, and everything in between. for example, denton county is 'dry,' but a place can serve alcohol if it's a private club. so all the restaurants and bars formed one single club and if you have a membership card you can drink.

 

[jiggahertz]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
On the TX/AR border here.

TX has no sales tax on groceries, and 8.25% on prepared foods.

The AR side of the city has the regular sales tax on groceries and a surcharge on prepared foods of 12%

So anytime you eat on the TX side it's like an automatic 12% discount. And then the Arkansas side bitches that they get no business. Fucktards.

Isn't it a 3.75% discount?

 

[child of wonder]

South Dakota sales tax applies to food. 5.92%

 

[ObiDon]

Originally posted by: jiggahertz

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
On the TX/AR border here.

TX has no sales tax on groceries, and 8.25% on prepared foods.

The AR side of the city has the regular sales tax on groceries and a surcharge on prepared foods of 12%

So anytime you eat on the TX side it's like an automatic 12% discount. And then the Arkansas side bitches that they get no business. Fucktards.

Isn't it a 3.75% discount?

he's including the unspecified AR sales tax on groceries which TX doesn't have?

edit -- or on the AR side the prepared food surcharge is on top of the sales tax? that would be pretty crappy

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Citrix

texarkana tx is a dry city?

every county in texas has a local option for complete wet, complete dry, and everything in between. for example, denton county is 'dry,' but a place can serve alcohol if it's a private club. so all the restaurants and bars formed one single club and if you have a membership card you can drink.

thanks, i never knew that.

 

[Modelworks]

Taxed on anything that can be sold through a vending machine, sodas,snacks , etc.
Taxed on all prepared foods as well as some things like cheeses and breads, even non deli.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: vi edit
1% on grocery food and drugs.
10% on fast food, restaurants, and bars.

wat the fuck

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: ObiDon

Originally posted by: jiggahertz

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
On the TX/AR border here.

TX has no sales tax on groceries, and 8.25% on prepared foods.

The AR side of the city has the regular sales tax on groceries and a surcharge on prepared foods of 12%

So anytime you eat on the TX side it's like an automatic 12% discount. And then the Arkansas side bitches that they get no business. Fucktards.

Isn't it a 3.75% discount?

he's including the unspecified AR sales tax on groceries which TX doesn't have?

edit -- or on the AR side the prepared food surcharge is on top of the sales tax? that would be pretty crappy

Yup talkin' 'bout Texarkana

Without having to look it up, yes the Arkansas side does have a surcharge on prepared foods. Regular sales tax is something like 10% (don't remember exactly, and grocery may get a discount, but I know it's taxed) and prepared foods are 12% something. And the Arkansas side of the city wonders why no one shops there...

You can drive a couple of minutes over to the Texas side grocery stores and not pay taxes on grocery items, and pay less on prepared foods.

The only thing keeping the AR side alive is that it is wet and the TX side is dry (as pointed out, each county can vote wet/dry). And what El Fenix said was right about the clubs. Though some of that seems to be changing...maybe.

Oh yeah, Arkansas has an income tax and personal property tax. So if you were trying to decide which side of the city to live on, where would you rather live? Yet the AR side continues to complain about losing residents...

 

[arkcom]

When Mike Beebe got voted in as Governor of Arkansas, he promised to do away with the grocery tax. It's been a couple years, still payin it.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

No tax on groceries and clothes here. Basic necessities.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

State food tax of 5.5%

 

[ObiDon]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Oh yeah, Arkansas has an income tax and personal property tax.

what? F that!
unless i'm mistaken, doesn't that mean you pay tax to buy stuff and then you get to pay tax for keeping it?

 

[Slew Foot]

Im surprised that so many places have taxes on groceries and CA doesn't. Cooked food is taxed, as well as some prepared food, I cant really figure it out. Papa Murphys pizza isnt taxed but Subway's subs are.