Why is it when you get groceries they wont tax food,but when it comes to getting pet food they charge tax?
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bigkado69
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Because your food is a nessesity and pet food is a luxury. They also tax prepared food and any liquids that the first ingediant is water.
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You know the "big" people that decide the tax stuff think that having pets must be a "luxury"
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because people don't need pet food to survive
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It depends where you live. In Kansas we pay sales tax on groceries.
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Where I live in Louisiana they will tax the tears on your eyelashes. We pay a 9% sales tax on all food and even higher if you buy cigarettes and liquor.
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Its simple, humans are humans and eat human food. a dog is a dog and not a human and eats dog food. Most non-tax food laws, deal only with humans and not animals.
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We do get taxed for both here, same tax rate 5%.
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Why isn't it routine (apart from gasoline) to display the actual price paid in the U.S? Why do you even have to worry about this kind of thing? Why not just display the actual price you pay like in Europe?
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So is that the reason my neighbor says they always tax him for his food at the grocery store? Because he looks so much like an animal?
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We pay a general "food" tax where I live. I think it's 5%. This gets tacked onto any food item that you buy - fresh, frozen, prepared, boxed, etc. Then there's an additional 4.5% "restaurant" tax when you dine out, which brings the total tax for eating at a restaurant up to 9.5%, and that doesn't count the additional tax for tobacco or alcoholic beverages.
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Some states do not tax necessities. NJ and PA do not tax food, clothing, or housing. Some state tax everything. DE has no sales tax (I shop there when I can).
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Actually, that isn't true everywhere. Where I live, all food (except single slices of pizza from the grocery store) is taxed.
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