The Tennesseans reports the Tennessee House Republicans are proposing a bill to eliminate the state’s 4% sales tax on food.
Rep. Elaine Davis, R-Knoxville, filed legislation Thursday to eliminate the 4% state sales tax on food and food ingredients – one of the highest in the country.
Tennessee is one of 13 states that still levies sales tax on food and groceries. Combined with local option sales tax, consumers can pay upward of 6.75% in sales tax on essentials like bread and milk.
The last time the state food sales tax rate was cut was during the Bill Haslam administration, when the grocery tax was reduced from 5% to 4% in the IMPROVE Act, which put in place a higher gas and diesel tax. That legislation also cut business taxes for manufacturers by $113 million.
