sales tax
Alabama House approves bill that would reduce state tax on food
The Alabama House Thursday approved a bill that could cut the state grocery tax in half over the next few years. HB 479, sponsored by the House Ways and Means Education chair Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, passed 103-0. It goes to the Senate. The legislation would reduce the state tax rate on food covered by the […]
Report: Alabama’s Internet sales taxes benefitting rural counties, costing cities
Alabama’s Internet sales taxes have created winners and losers, according to a report released Monday from the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA). The report said that the state’s 8% tax on online goods, or the Simplified Sellers Use Tax (SSUT), has benefitted rural counties with little commercial activity, but reduced revenues to communities […]
New Alabama grocery tax reduction bill would cut state rate to 2%
A new bill to reduce the state’s grocery tax on food has the support of all 35 members of the Alabama Senate, a potentially crucial development to getting it passed. SB 257, sponsored by Sen. Andrew Jones, R-Centre, would lower the 4% state sales tax on food under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to […]
Grocery sales tax reduction bills filed in Alabama Legislature
The chair of the House’s education budget committee Wednesday filed legislation to reduce the state grocery tax – but on certain items, and only under certain conditions. HB250, sponsored by Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, could phase out the 4% state sales tax on food covered by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and […]
If it’s tax cuts you want, start with groceries
Let’s start this discussion of state tax policy with everyone’s favorite luxury food: eggs. In Alabama, according to al.com, the average price of the hen’s product went up 74% last year. Last week, a Montgomery supermarket sold a dozen white eggs for $5.26, about 44 cents per egg. But when you buy that dozen, you […]
Alabama grocery tax repeal efforts draw liberal and conservative groups
In an age of polarization, there’s one thing that can unite liberals and conservatives. And that’s getting rid of Alabama’s tax on groceries. The left-leaning Alabama Arise and the right-leaning Alabama Policy Institute (API) will both lobby legislators in the upcoming session to reduce or repeal the tax, which, with local sales taxes included, can […]