A bipartisan measure that would cut sales tax on groceries from 4% to 2% has advanced an Alabama Senate committee. Lawmakers are aiming to give final approval to the bill Thursday.
The Alabama Legislature voted on Thursday to advance a measure to the governor that phases out 2 percent of the state's 4 percent sales tax, which could occur as early as the fall of 2024.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Alabama lawmakers are poised to remove half of the state's sales tax on food, a move that some legislators and advocacy groups had sought for decades but that gained bipartisan traction this year in the face of soaring food prices.
Alabama lawmakers are poised to remove half of the state’s sales tax on food, a move that some legislators and advocacy groups had sought for decades but that gained bipartisan