States move to end grocery sales tax

Arkansas has become the latest in a string of states to end its grocery sales tax. Kansas shoppers stopped having to pay a state sales tax on groceries in January.

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May 5, 2025 - 3:27 PM

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Arkansas’ grocery sales tax will end on Jan. 1.

The same is true in Illinois.

In Kansas and Oklahoma, shoppers stopped having to pay a state sales tax on groceries in January and August, respectively. Now fewer and fewer U.S. states continue to charge the tax, including Missouri and South Dakota, and several states have proposed legislation to do away with it.

Some worry about the lost state revenue without the taxes. But supporters on both sides of the political spectrum say the cuts are needed — especially as shoppers face expensive prices at the grocery…

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