![]() Oklahoma, Hawaii, Missouri, Utah, Alabama and Kansas are either advancing legislation or considering proposals to reduce or eliminate grocery taxes. This year, Kansas, Virginia, Illinois, Idaho, and Tennessee either eliminated or reduced sales taxes on groceries. ![]() While groceries are exempt from taxes in most of the country, seven states charge a standard sales tax rate on groceries and six impose reduced levies. Nine states passed laws or amended their tax codes to reduce or eliminate taxes on period products, and 12 more are considering legislation to do the same this year, according to data from the Alliance for Period Supplies, sister organization to the National Diaper Bank Network.įlorida and Indiana passed temporary sales tax holidays that expire June 30, after which taxes on essentials and other goods will be reinstated. ![]() The organization tells Money it's supporting proposals to end diaper taxes in 11 other states - including Alabama, Tennessee, Kansas, South Carolina, Texas, Missouri, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, where some people pay local taxes for diapers beyond the highest state sales tax rate of 7%. Since 2021, six states have exempted diapers from sales tax or lowered the rate, most recently North Dakota, which will end its diaper tax on June 30, according to advocacy group National Diaper Bank Network. The latest inflation numbers are the lowest since prices began escalating in mid-2021, but still make everyday goods unaffordable for many Americans, more than half of whom reported living paycheck-to-paycheck in March. The push to eliminate or lower sales taxes on groceries, diapers and period products has gained traction hand in hand with rising inflation, which has fluctuated from 9.1% at its June 2022 peak to 5% registered in March. Meanwhile, five states have no sales tax at all: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon. Indiana, Tennessee, and Mississippi charge the country’s highest “tampon tax” of 7%. Washington, Arizona, South Carolina, Kansas, Tennessee and Alabama allow local taxes on diapers to go as high as 9% to 10%.Īccording to the Alliance for Period Supplies, many states tax period products - which cost an average $20 per cycle, according to the National Organization for Women - as luxury items with rates similar to makeup and electronics. In 19 states, local taxes on diapers can edge even higher - up to an extraordinary 11% in Oklahoma and 10.9% in Missouri. Mississippi and Tennessee charge the highest base sales taxes on diapers at 7%. Six states apply reduced sales tax rates for food, but Alabama, South Dakota, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, and Oklahoma currently impose a standard sales tax rate of 4% on groceries. People in Idaho and Mississippi fork over a standard 6% sales tax for groceries, the highest rate nationwide. States with sales tax on groceries, diapers and period productsĪs our map shows, most states still charge sales tax on one or more of these essential products.
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