NYC doesn’t charge tax on food unless it’s packaged for immediate consumption. It doesn’t charge tax on clothing unless it’s expensive clothing. (I don’t know whre Magic Johnson shoes or whatnot fit on that scale.) Is NYS different?
On the food thing, if I go to the nearby 7-11 and get a candy bar, I’ll pay tax. But if I get a package of trail mix I won’t.
So I should change the first statement to NYC doesn’t charge tax on food unless it does.
Noted.
That is correct about food. As to the clothes and shoe thing, some time back they did a sales tax amnesty on clothes and shoe sales under $100. I thought that it was only for those bordering counties that were loosing sales to neighboring states due to the oppressive tax scheme left by Former Emperor Cuomo, and was a ‘temporary’ thing to see if it made any difference. (Must have worked wonders since the K-Mart closed on the NY side of the Delaware and relocated to the PA side five miles away.. ;-) I was under the impression that ‘amnesty’ was done for but I could be wrong on that. Out of general principles and the sure knowledge that the bordering states don’t tax those items no matter what the price, I refuse to buy those items in NY state.
Correct that line to read: “New York with its 8.875% sales tax on ALMOST everything under the sun including clothes and shoes.