🛒 Japan may make groceries TAX-FREE for 2 years.
PM Takaichi wants a cross-party "National Council" to zero out the 8% food tax. But that's a ¥5 trillion ($32B) revenue hole.
Relief for 126M people — or fiscal time bomb?
#JapanConsumptionTax #Takaichi #FoodTax

If only #governments were bolder.
It took decades to restrict #smoking, how long before there is a processed #foodtax??

Can Hawaii afford to cut the grocery tax? — Hawaiʻi Appleseed Any proposal to reduce or remove the GET on food must be paired with a credible plan for replacing the revenue. It’s a challenge, but also an opportunity to build a fairer and more sustainable system.

Can Hawaiʻi afford to cut the grocery tax?

Any proposal to reduce or remove the GET on food must be paired with a credible plan for replacing the revenue. It’s a challenge—but also an opportunity to build a fairer and more sustainable system.

#FoodTax #CostOfLiving

hiappleseed.org/blog/can-haw...

The Strawberry and Cream VAT Debate M&S's new strawberry and cream sandwich raises sweet VAT questions. Is it dessert or lunch? A tasty case with major tax implications.

🍓 Dessert or sandwich? Marks & Spencer’s strawberry and cream sandwich has stirred more than just public appetite, it’s reignited a classic VAT debate.

🔗 Read the blog: www.accountingcpd.net/The_Strawber...

#VAT #FoodTax #Accountants #Accounting #Tax #MarksandSpencers #Accountant

Alabama lawmakers approve tax cuts for food, diapers and other items Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday voted to cut the state sales tax on food and to exempt diapers, baby formula, and menstrual hygiene products from the state sales tax altogether.

WHNT 19Alabama News Beacon #Alabama #TaxCuts #FoodTax

کئی اشیاء پریشان کن حد تک مہنگی کرنے کی تجویز
مزید پڑھیے www.aaj.tv/news/30454063/
#AajNews #Budget2025 #FoodTax #InflationAlert #PakistanEconomy #PriceHike #TaxPolicy

Story: archive.ph/YVFF2
#Arizona #FoodTax

Memo to @repfinstad.bsky.social

#Trump has acknowledged that America should expect #TrumpTariffs to cause pain (expect higher costs for food and necessary items)

#RandPaul says #Tariffs are #taxes.

Thus you must agree that this is a #FoodTax imposed by the #GOP that #MN01 families will pay ?

Minnesota farmers brace for new Trump tariffs DILWORTH, MINN. – Glen Hjelle's farm outside Elbow Lake in western Minnesota sits a long way from the White House. But as a young man, he remembers how then-President Jimmy Carter's embargo of the Sov...

"I'm really nervous what's going to happen [because of #TrumpTariffs]," said Glen Hjelle, who farms over 1,500 acres ( #corn, #soybean or #wheat) in Elbow Lake #MN. "Last time [ #Trump] was in, Ag markets CRASHED."

Consumer soon to be paying a #FoodTax
www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2025/0...

Story: archive.ph/bCrWl
#Arizona #FoodTax

Center imposes 18% GST on Pazhampori.

Kerala Pazhampori, a beloved snack, now burdened with 18% GST. This decision is criticized widely, with many arguing it's an unfair tax on a traditional food item.

#GSTonPazhampori #Kerala #LocalFood #TraditionalFood #CulturalHeritage #FoodTax