Exempting food from sales tax is a crowd pleaser. But many past assemblies have failed to make it happen, in part because the options for recouping the lost revenue are politically fraught.
Back in March, city Finance Director Jeff Rogers gave the Juneau Assembly his take on why exempting food from sales tax has repeatedly stalled out.
, the federally funded program that helps low-income households buy food. Grocers’ checkout systems are already set up to recognize these foods and exempt them from sales tax when someone buys them with SNAP benefits. But she and the other Assembly members agreed to set those gripes aside, and go with the SNAP list for the sake of simplicity.
For example, Mayor Beth Weldon suggested eliminating an exemption on sales by nonprofits. But Assembly member Barbara Wáahlaal Gíidaak Blake didn’t agree with that.
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