colourlesspony@pawb.social to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 10 months agoMy Grocery shopping was exactly $40.00pawb.socialimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1403arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up1380arrow-down1imageMy Grocery shopping was exactly $40.00pawb.socialcolourlesspony@pawb.social to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square45fedilinkfile-text
I didn’t have a budget or anything so I found it mildly interesting that it turned out an even number.
minus-squarecolourlesspony@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up45·10 months agoArizona, Groceries aren’t taxed here.
minus-squareradix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·10 months agoGot it. I thought this was a restaurant receipt for Panera, but groceries makes more sense not to tax.
minus-squarespeaker_hat@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·10 months agoGroceries aren’t taxed? Wow
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·10 months agoOnly 13 states tax groceries.
minus-squareChetzemoka@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·10 months agoI don’t know where OP is, but here in Massachusetts, we have no sales tax on groceries: https://www.salestaxhandbook.com/massachusetts/sales-tax-exemptions
minus-squareradix@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoGot it. I thought this was a restaurant receipt for Panera, but groceries makes more sense not to tax.
minus-squareJackLSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoNE has the same no-grocery tax rule. A handful of states have no sales tax in general (I believe SD and either NH or VT for example) and many, if not all, won’t tax groceries purchased with whatever food stamps are called in the respective state
minus-squareAlecSadler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·10 months agoNo sales tax in Oregon, but income taxes are rough. My friend moved across the river to Vancouver, WA and makes ~$50k more a year from tax savings.
minus-squareAlecSadler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoSeems like he’s doing pretty well, yeah. He spends most of his money on rental properties though and I don’t think he has tenants at all of them.
Where do you live that there’s no tax?
Arizona, Groceries aren’t taxed here.
Got it. I thought this was a restaurant receipt for Panera, but groceries makes more sense not to tax.
Groceries aren’t taxed? Wow
Only 13 states tax groceries.
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I don’t know where OP is, but here in Massachusetts, we have no sales tax on groceries:
https://www.salestaxhandbook.com/massachusetts/sales-tax-exemptions
Got it. I thought this was a restaurant receipt for Panera, but groceries makes more sense not to tax.
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NE has the same no-grocery tax rule. A handful of states have no sales tax in general (I believe SD and either NH or VT for example) and many, if not all, won’t tax groceries purchased with whatever food stamps are called in the respective state
No sales tax in Oregon, but income taxes are rough. My friend moved across the river to Vancouver, WA and makes ~$50k more a year from tax savings.
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Seems like he’s doing pretty well, yeah. He spends most of his money on rental properties though and I don’t think he has tenants at all of them.