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Each Friday, we run a quiz in the Daily Brew, our daily politics newsletter, on a topic we covered the previous week. Click here to subscribe, and we'll send you three stories each weekday morning that you won't find anywhere else. The trivia question below was featured in the Friday, May 17, edition.
This week's question was, What state other than South Dakota taxes groceries at the full sales tax rate?
On Nov. 5, voters in South Dakota will decide on the Prohibit Food and Grocery Taxes Initiative, which would ban the state from collecting sales tax on anything sold for human consumption (excluding alcoholic beverages and prepared food).
South Dakota is one of 45 states that collects a statewide sales tax (only Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon do not). In the states that do collect a sales tax, one category of goods is often exempt—groceries. Only 13 states collect a tax on groceries, though in most cases, the tax rate on groceries is lower than the statewide sales tax rate.
South Dakota, however, is one of two states that applies the full statewide sales tax rate to groceries.
What state other than South Dakota taxes groceries at the full sales tax rate?
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