I haven’t lived in WV long enough to be familiar with how foods/groceries are taxed here. I do know that in MD, where I lived all my life, it was just like this. Cold foods/foods to be prepared elsewhere, etc. were not taxed at all.
Again, that’s how it is here. In fact, the Shop N’ Save right around the corner from me has a large cooler in the back filled with plastic cartons of pre-made entree salads (Chef’s Salad, etc) plus pieces of fried chicken, individual desserts, hot wings, etc. that the case displays a sign that says “These items MAY be purchased with food stamps”. Yeah, even though it’s really an EBT card now, a lot of folks still call them “food stamps”.
There is no bridge needed between Seattle and Tacoma, there is plenty of land. The only other project I can find is the 520 floating bridge which needs replacement. It is between Seattle and Kirkland over Lake Washington. The federal government is only being asked to help with half the cost, the rest will be paid by the state and the tolls that will be collected from the bridge. At this point about 2 billion of funding is in place, the feds have only supplied a little over 10% of that.
I noticed last time I was at Papa Murphy’s (a “take-and-bake” pizza chain where you buy unbaked pizzas and bake them at home) that there is a sign on the door that announces that they take EBT. I didn’t think to look at the receipt and see if I paid sales tax or not.
Um… yeah… not sure how Tacoma got into my previous, since the 520 bridge is the one I was thinking of. Maybe I’m just betraying my aversion to commuting and to the 520 in particular.
I know that the funding of the bridge is still in progress and that some of the numbers have changed, but I do find it fascinating that the state is so happy to skim sales tax off the top. Even if it’s paid for by the state or by tolls, it still means that 9.5% of “bridge construction funds” will wind up in the general fund as sales tax revenue.
That’s weird, for instance, at Jewel (grocer in Chicago) they will sell the hot chicken for like $6.00 a bird. If no one buys it they hack 50¢ or a dollar off the price and place it in the refridgerated section and mark it “Fresh Cold Chicken”
So if what the above poster said is correct (and I’ll assume it is) the same chicken may go from being not OK for food stamps to OK for food stamps.
I can see where this would make a bit of sense, there are a lot of homeless people that can get food stamps. What are you supposed to do if you’re living under and interstate, try to cook a raw chicken?
You do normally have to pay sales tax at Papa Murphy’s here in WA, but if using food stamps you don’t. Which is kind of odd because regular food at the grocery store is not taxed in WA, so if Papa Murphy’s qualifies for food stamps it seems like it might also qualify for the sales tax exemption.
Not necessarily. If you were told “You cannot use last year’s benefits,” what may have been meant is “benefits over 12 months old” while you took it to mean “benefits credited before the previous january 1.”
North Carolina charges 6.5% (unless it’s gone up in the past year or so; I haven’t checked) on non-food items and “prepared ready-to-eat food” (restaurant, fast food, deli-prepared, etc.) and 2% on foodstuffs. But anything bought on an EBT card is not taxed, even though if purchased by other means it would be subject to the 2% tax.
That is not what WIC does. They supply specific baby formulas and other needed nutritional foods to ensure the required nutritional values of the young child are met. This prevents the mother from depriving the baby for her own benefit or feeding the kid junk food with the dollars. I’m not going to debate this. Look up the program if you need facts, because they do way more than supply dairy. The only reason I brought up WIC was so it was clear my statements were not relevant to WIC which is a voucher program.
However, there’s lots of stuff besides dairy. This lie has been spread around pretty heavily by PETA and the Vegan community. .As I posted before in GD on 9/20 “As for WIC, you can get plenty of non-dairy. True, there’s a number of dairy items on the list, but there’s lots of other options. I have seen what they can get, and wiki is right on when they say “The food items provided by WIC includes: Eggs, cheese, milk, bread, peanut butter, tuna, juices, dry beans, fruits, vegetables, cereals, and infant formula.” Even vegans can survive on bread, peanut butter, juices, dry beans, fruits, vegetables, & cereals. It’s pretty basic, but it’s doable.”
But you CAN use benefits over 12 months old. It’s just that your account becomes deactivated after 12 months without use. But if you had food stamps on a card from the past and just used it to make a $1 purchase every 11 months, it would keep on being available indefinitely.
I used to get WIC, I know what it is.
Yes, they supply formula to infants, but for children 1-5 and pregnant or postpartum women, it’s a LOT of dairy.
I’m not trying to say it’s ONLY dairy, but that is a very large part of it. You presumably don’t know the amounts of each food so from a list I can see where it doesn’t look so heavy on the dairy, but when I got it anyway, it was an insane amount of dairy. We could never use it all. There is room for debate on some of the other foods too, like juice for infants.
I’ve never heard of anyone on WIC getting bread, but maybe somewhere they do. And the fruits and vegetables are very limited, if at all. That’s one thing i think is really a mistake.
Not quite accurate. Florida doesn’t charge tax on a lot of food items, but does on quite a few.
Sodas are taxed, but chips aren’t. Some ice cream is taxed but most isn’t and I haven’t figured out the pattern yet over my years in grocery.
Anything purchased from the bakery is non-taxable.
Things purchased in the deli are taxable provided they are prepared in store and/or served hot unless they’re not. Deli sandwiches? Taxable food, and eligible for EBT. Deli chicken served hot? Taxable food, not eligible for EBT. Same deli chicken, after it’s chilled and repacked? Non-taxable food, so no tax charged to anybody.
No produce items are taxable, even the stuff that’s prepared in-store, like the salads and fruit mixes – unless a fork or spoon is attached, because then it’s “prepared” food and is therefore taxable.
If you shop at my chain in Florida, you can look at your receipt and there will be codes on each line. It will say T, F, H, P, or T F, for Taxable, Food, Healthcare, Prescriptions, and Taxable Food.
Anything tagged F or T F is EBT-eligible. Anything tagged just T is not. Anything tagged P or H can be paid for with your FSA (pre-tax health care spending account) card.
You are incorrect. WIC will telll you that you HAVE to purchase 3 gallons of milk for your 2 children who are allergic to milk. And they will also tell you that you HAVE to buy a 64oz carton of Orange Juice, despite the fact that Orange Juice no longer (or EXTERMELY rarely) can be found in a 64oz carton. They will also tell you that you can’t buy whole grain bread of brand X, but brand Y is ok, despite being $2 more expensive and having high fructose corn syrup in it.
OH, and the only milk you can buy has to have bovine growth hormone in it, because we all know that’s good for kids, right? And they expect yous kids to go through 6 gallons of milk a week.
Please before telling someone else that they’re wrong, recheck your facts. And, if that fails, try smacking your face against the wall before posting. The other poster’s assessment was quite accurate. (They’ll also tell you that you HAVE to get 16oz of peanut butter a week, despite your kids allergy to peanuts, which generally ends up being left outside the supermarket)
Hi Davs. You are wrong. You are not Required to get all the items listed on each check, and if you speak to your caseworker they will usually try to substitute items within each category. Dried beans can be issued in place of peanut butter. Tuna also.
No they do not allow for purchase of organic (or zombie) milk, but you can buy frozen concentrated juiced that make 64 oz. Note, it is Up to 64 oz, you can get the 59ozers.
I recall in Penna they had vouchers for produce specifically for farmers markets.
Too slow to edit. I see that at least Arkansas allows soy milk. Other States may also. Do your own research if needed.
" WIC foods include iron-fortified infant formula, infant cereal, infant baby food fruits and vegetables, iron-fortified adult cereal, vitamin C-rich juice, milk, cheese, eggs, whole grains, dried or canned beans, fruits and vegetables, peanut butter, and canned fish. Special infant formulas may be provided when prescribed by a physician for a specific medical condition. A soy-based beverage is also available as a milk alternative; however a prescription is required for children." http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programsServices/WIC/Pages/WICFAQS.aspx
