No
no all food products have no tax
Florida sales tax applies to catering services, including the labor. However, if you hired someone just to provide services, with no food, then there would be no sales tax. I'm a Florida Attorney/CPA that does almost nothing by Florida sales and use tax controversy. I hope this answer helps. James Sutton, CPA, Esq. www FloridaSalesTax com
Florida. No state income tax. No tax sales tax on your food. No property tax on cars or boats.
It is a little more complicated than that, but yes, something like that is the law in Florida. It depends on, among other things, the percentage of their sales that are food. You can get the Florida statutes on-line and find that sections to see exactly what the rules are.
Although the "Tax Rate Finder" application apparently is not up-to-date or working currently, by navigating the Illinois Dept of Revenue website, all rates can be found. http://tax.illinois.gov/Publications/Sales/ As of 2009, the sales tax rate is as follows: Food tax (state): 1% General merchandise (state): 6.25% General merchandise (county): 0.25% General merchandise (city): 1.5% This makes the general merchandise tax total 8%. A local option sales tax was passed for the county in 2009, which will increase the county sales tax rate by 0.25% in 2010 for up to 20 years. This will cause the local general merchandise tax to be 8.25%.
State Sales Tax Rates for Soft Drinks and Chips/Pretzels, 2011View 50-State ComparisonFL %US %General Food Tax0.00%NAAdditional Sales Tax for Soft Drinks6.00%1NAAdditional Sales Tax for Chips/Pretzels6.00%2NA
If you know the food cost against sales, it is 100*(food cost)/sales. If you do not know food cost or sales, you cannot know the answer.
Texas has a sales tax rate of 6.25% (non-prepared food, prescription and non-prescription drugs exempt); local option taxes can raise the rate to 8.25%..
I ordered food from Papa Johns using their iPhone app and I was wondering the same thing and apparently they can charge tax on it.
Gum sales in retail food outlets had sales of $594 million in 1999
Cost Of Food __________ Food Sales Cost of Food Divided by Food sales will give you a decimal amount which you can then convert to a percentage. example: $25,780 Cost of Food Divided by $64,575 Food Sales= .399225 or 39.9% then rounded to 40%