BusinessDecember 13, 2021
Count Missouri among America's grocery-taxing states
Missouri, at 1.225%, is one of only 14 U.S. states taxing food purchased in groceries and supermarkets, according to the Tax Police Center of the Urban Institute & Brookings Institution. The others are Alabama, Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia...
Missouri, at 1.225%, is one of only 14 U.S. states taxing food purchased in groceries and supermarkets, according to the Tax Police Center of the Urban Institute & Brookings Institution.
The others are Alabama, Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.
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Five states have no sales tax on food: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon.
Additionally, Illinois is alone among the 50 states in levying a tax on prescription drugs. The Land of Lincoln's rate is 1%.
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