State Senators Propose Repeal Of Idaho Grocery Tax
February 13, 2014 | 1 min to read
Sens. Russ Fulcher and Cliff Bayer have drafted a bill to exempt food from Idaho’s 6 percent sales tax, saying that’s better policy than the grocery tax credit they helped enact in 2008.
“We really don’t think there should be a tax on food,” said Fulcher, R-Meridian, who started working with Bayer on the issue in 2006 when they represented the same southwest Ada County legislative district, Bayer in the House and Fulcher in the Senate.
“There’s a fairness issue,” said Bayer, R-Boise, noting that 32 states don’t tax groceries. “It’s a necessity.”
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