D.C. Food Trucks Now Collecting 10 Percent Food Tax

 
 
October 01, 2012
By 
Ben Stutts

Starting today, D.C.’s 10% sales tax on prepared food applies to food trucks. Previously, food truck vendors were exempt from the sales tax, and instead paid a $1,500 flat fee (now they pay the greater of the two). The D.C. Office of Revenue Analysis estimates the tax change to raise about $1.2 million annually.

For more discussion of taxing food truck sales, see:

http://taxfoundation.org/blog/food-truck-sales-taxes-dc

http://taxfoundation.org/blog/dc-moves-tax-food-truck-sales-considers-repealing-discriminatory-bond-tax

Tax Topic 
Sales & Use Taxes,
Grocery & Food

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