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Title: Everyday Items With No or Less Sales Tax


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Everyday Items You Buy, With No Sales Tax
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  • States that collect a sales tax
  • States that collect local sales tax
  • States with no sales tax Alaska, Delaware,
    Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon

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Know your sales tax
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Grocery Items
  • In states where sales tax is charged, most states
    offer a lower sales tax rate on groceries. And
    if a person must use food stamps to purchase
    food, the sale of that food is sales tax exempt.

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Prescription and Non-Prescription Drugs
  • Prescription and non-prescription drugs are
    exempt from sales tax in most states.

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Tampons
  • In certain states, tampons are sold free of sales
    tax. This falls in a category with other
    feminine care products which are deemed a
    necessity and therefore, are not taxed at sale.

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Diapers
  • Diapers are another item that is deemed a
    necessity and therefore, arent charged sales
    tax.

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Here are the highest state sales taxes
  • Tennessee
  • 9.46
  • Arkansas
  • 9.30
  • Louisiana
  • 9.0
  • Alabama
  • 8.97
  • Washington
  • 8.90

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Use a Sales Tax Calculator
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  • A sales tax calculator can help you calculate
    your bill before you get charged sales tax so
    that you know what your bill will be with sales
    tax.

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Thanks!
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Other Resources
  • For more information, visit these sites.
  • https//blog.taxjar.com/states-grocery-items-tax-e
    xempt/
  • https//taxfoundation.org/tampon-taxes-sales-tax/
  • https//taxfoundation.org/state-and-local-sales-ta
    x-rates-2015/
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