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Tax Free Buffet

 Exploits the US laws on interstate commerce
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The buffet line is in one state and the eating area is in the other. You carry your tray over the line, and voila, no taxes.
—ldischler, Dec 31 2005

2005 state sales tax rates http://www.taxadmin...fta/rate/sales.html
Only Virginia, Tennessee, and Missouri have a state sales tax on food. [Shz, Dec 31 2005]

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       Or just move to a state that doesn't tax food.
—DrCurry, Dec 31 2005
   

       Or just move to a state that doesn't tax.
—humanbean, Dec 31 2005
   

       Warren Buffet?
—bristolz, Dec 31 2005
   

       i just might try this
—benfrost, Dec 31 2005
   

       Moving? Or eating in another state?
—DrCurry, Dec 31 2005
   

       Altered state?   

       Having been around a bit, never noticing a state sales tax on food, curiosity kicked in. <link>
—Shz, Dec 31 2005
   

       Taxing regular food seems downright evil to me, even more so when you consider the relative poverty of the states doing it... ew. That's all I have to say on that.
—Zuzu, Jan 01 2006
   

       I dunno, tax evasion over state lines; that could be a federal offense.
—MikeOxbig, Jan 01 2006
   

       [Shz: your notation is a little wrong: if I read the notes correctly, those three stats have a separate tax rate for food, but another 12 states apply their regular tax rate to food.]
—DrCurry, Jan 01 2006
   

       "In most places, restaurant meals are subject to state/local sales tax. Many jurisdictions, however, also impose special, higher sales taxes on food and beverages sold at restaurants-as high as 10%."--restaurant.org
—ldischler, Jan 01 2006
   

       Seems you are correct, [DrC]. For some reason I read a blank as a statewide local tax (my bad). Anyway, the somewhat off-topic link was in response to your //move to a state that doesn't tax food// anno which, besides being impractical (though that never stopped us before), is not necessarily a valid solution.   

       The point I was getting to (eventually - my mind must have been elsewhere at the time) is that even in a state with no state sales tax on food, you may still be taxed at a restaurant. Often dining out is considered a luxury and is taxed as such even though food in general is not taxed.
—Shz, Jan 03 2006
   

       But (in the US) aren't there some prohibitions against moving agricultural produce across some state lines to prevent the spread of pests and crop diseases, etc.? Therefore there might be a little control station between the buffet and the checkout.
—hippo, Jan 03 2006
   


 

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