Food Taxes in Tenn. - Lesson to be Learned
Posted by Andy on December 26th, 2005
Pay attention law makers, higher taxes don’t work! People will find a way not to pay.
Sphere: Related ContentCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - When Julie Abel goes grocery shopping each week, she drives more than 25 miles to Georgia to avoid paying the nation’s highest average tax on food: 8.4 percent in Tennessee.
“If you can save $5 it is worth driving down the road,” Abel said after traveling from her rural home in Hamilton County, which collects 2.22 percent sales tax on food on top of the 6 percent for the state. Georgia does not tax food sales.