Easter Bunny’s Iowa Sales Tax Bill for One Easter Basket Item and Amount Used per Basket Price (a) Price per Basket City Where Purchased Tax Rate (State Rate of 5% Plus Local Rate) Tax per Basket Basket $1.99 $1.99 West Burlington 7% $0.14 Easter grass, 1/2 package 2 packs for $3.00 $0.75 Farnhamville 5.5% $0.04 4 plastic eggs $5 for 24 eggs $0.84 Moorland 6% $0.05 Jelly beans to fill plastic eggs, 1/4 package $2.00 per package $0.50 Yarmouth 7% $0.04 Hershey’s Whoppers Mini Robin’s Eggs malted milk balls to fill plastic eggs, 1/3 package 2 packs for $3.00 $0.50 Kingston 7% exempt because they contain flour Chocolate rabbit $2.50 $2.50 Adair 6% $0.15 3 dyed eggs (Easter Bunny mixes his own plant-based dyes; no commercial dyes were purchased, only plain eggs) 2 dozen for $3.00 $0.38 Sperry 7% exempt (food) Total $7.46 $0.42 (a) Prices were found at ShopLocal.com.
