Press: Eliminate Grocery Sales Tax

Food for thought for the 2015 Idaho Legislature: Eliminate the sales tax on groceries. True, the state already offers residents a $100 annual grocery tax credit — $120 for the elderly — but everyone still must fork over that extra 6 percent on every grocery store food purchase, then wait for the state to pay them back once a year. Eliminating the tax altogether would keep that money in shoppers’ pockets, and with stagnant Idaho wage increases generally being outpaced by inflation on food, every penny saved counts. There’s also something odious about government charging a substantial tax on groceries; a tax on one of life’s essentials that is the exact same whether you’re a multi-millionaire or a family struggling to get by/ Coeur d’Alene Press Editorial Board . More here .

Question: Do you support the abolishment of the grocery sales tax?