Three states still tax groceries

Alabama and Mississippi have the highest poverty rates in America. Residents in those states pay the highest sales taxes on groceries. The two states, and South Dakota, are the final holdouts when it comes to offering any relief on the sales taxes on groceries. South Dakota is a rural state, where food insecurity is not nearly as bad as in the South. But SD levies a sales tax on groceries at its fullest, without credits or rebates to the poor. But Alabama is the only one that can do something about it this spring. Mississippi and South Dakota lawmakers punted on proposed legislative to eliminate sales taxes on groceries. Cutting the tax is popular in the two southern states. The tax is considered regressive because it hits the poor the hardest. The reduction in states' revenues may but the pressure on the education side of budgets. (AL.com) 04/16/23) Why Alabama might not be the last state to cut the sales tax on groceries - al.com