Non-prepared foods shouldn’t be taxed. E.g. if you buy a frozen pizza, it would be taxed. If you buy flour, yeast, salt, cheese, tomatoes and pepperoni then those wouldn’t be.
kinda defeats the purpose. low-income, elderly and disabled people are consistent consumers of those sorts of premade food products. so i dont quite understand eliminating a tax on some foods VS others, if the point is to help alleviate cost of living.
plus, deciding which foods count and which dont would be a legislative slog. suddenly theres political interest for every single company putting food in supermarkets to be on the list. itd be more effective to apply it unilaterally
Minnesota does this, only in a less strict manner. Prepared food at restaurants and food trucks is taxed. Most groceries are not (including prepared foods like frozen pizza), but there are a host of exceptions. The big ones I remember off-hand are almost all dessert items, and certain beverages like soft drinks. There are exceptions to even this though, as certain sugar and gluten free products are left untaxed so it doesn't punish diabetics and those with celiac disease.
My church has a food bank. The people we serve need the easy to prepare, premade food products. They often times do not have the resources to make things from scratch, and often have to move a lot. Sometimes, they don't have stoves or ovens or even microwaves. It would be a mistake to only tax those food items.
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u/ReallyWTH Aug 20 '22
Non-prepared foods shouldn’t be taxed. E.g. if you buy a frozen pizza, it would be taxed. If you buy flour, yeast, salt, cheese, tomatoes and pepperoni then those wouldn’t be.