Legislation is set to be pre-filed to loosen restrictions on when a city can implement a local grocery tax cut, according to State Rep. Mike Shaw (R-Hoover).
A “legislative fix” might be needed to a 2023 grocery tax cut law after the city of Hoover said on Tuesday they weren’t implementing a planned local grocery tax cut due to state restrictions, according to State Sen. Andrew Jones (R-Centre).
The City of Hoover said the State of Alabama is blocking a 0.5% local grocery tax cut that was supposed to go into effect on Tuesday.
Alabama’s state sales tax on groceries won’t be cut by another one cent on Sunday.
Alabama shoppers won’t be seeing a second penny cut from the grocery tax in 2024.
Lieutenant Gov. Will Ainsworth said last week he was committed to a full repeal of Alabama's share of the grocery tax.
Shoppers at grocery stores in Alabama began receiving a one-cent reduction in the state sales tax on groceries beginning on Friday.
Alabamians are feeling a bit of relief at the grocery store checkout lines as a result of the tax cut on food that a coalition of conservative lawmakers and I pushed through the legislature during the 2023 regular session.
Alabama shoppers at grocery stores will see a one-cent reduction in the state sales tax on groceries beginning tomorrow.
Shoppers at grocery stores in Alabama will see a one-cent reduction in the state sales tax on groceries beginning on Friday.
Our success in cutting the grocery tax demonstrates what can be accomplished if we stay true to our conservative beliefs, build consensus among lawmakers, and have the courage to attempt to accomplish what many say can’t be done.
'I said it's amazing that all these bills just come out, but are there bills that we need to be trying to repeal versus always creating laws?'
Members of the Millbrook City Council unanimously passed a one-cent city sales tax increase on Tuesday morning at a special-called meeting in an attempt to beat Gov. Kay Ivey’s possible signature on grocery tax cut legislation passed by the House and Senate last week.
The Senate unanimously passed amended legislation that would cut the state's sales tax on groceries by 2% on Thursday.
Members of the Senate Education Budget Committee passed legislation that would cut the state's sales tax on groceries by 2% on Wednesday.
The Alabama House and Senate passed a joint resolution on Thursday forming a commission to study possible elimination of the state’s sales tax on groceries.
The Alabama House of Representatives passed the long-awaited bill to cut the state tax on food in half by 2025.
According to Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth, the Alabama Education Association was working to kill an effort to reduce the state's share of the burden of the grocery tax on consumers.
Members of the Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee passed legislation that would cut the state’s sales tax on groceries by 2% on Wednesday.
A bill to cut the grocery tax in half over the next four years has been filed in the Alabama House of Representatives.
The grocery tax repeal is one of few issues that has widespread bipartisan support. It’s time for the legislature to make it a reality.
Legislation that would cut the state’s portion of the sales tax on groceries in half is expected to start in the House this week.
While efforts to reduce tax liability, mainly Alabama's portion of the tax applied to groceries, have picked up steam in the recent weeks in the Alabama Legislature, Gov. Kay Ivey is missing from the discussion.
More than halfway through the 2023 regular legislative session, strong momentum is building to partially repeal the state’s 4% sales tax on groceries.
A new grocery tax cut proposal by State Sen. Andrew Jones (R-Centre) was introduced late last week with the entire Senate signed on as co-sponsors.
State Sen. Andrew Jones (R-Centre) filed legislation Thursday that would cut the state’s sales tax on groceries in half over time.
Alabamians have made it clear that they don’t want a rebate check. Top lawmakers are now on the same page. Will Gov. Ivey listen?