Minn. Sales Tax Applies to 'Snack Foods' Under New Bill

Posted at: 03/11/2013 2:24 PM | Updated at: 03/11/2013 9:30 PM
By: Alan Hoglund
ahoglund@wdio.com

nullSatisfying that craving for a midnight snack could soon be getting more expensive in Minnesota.

A new bill, introduced in the Senate Monday, proposes applying the sales tax to certain snack foods. The legislation comes from Sen. John Hoffman, DFL-Champlin.

 

The foods included in the bill are:

  • Potato chips and sticks
  • Corn chips
  • Pretzels
  • Cheese puffs and curls
  • Pork rinds
  • Extruded pretzels and chips
  • Popped popcorn
  • Nuts and edible seeds

Under the bill, "snack food" is defined as "prepackaged snack food sold in packages or a group of packages in which each individual package contains no more than eight ounces" of the items listed above.

Also included as snack foods in the bill are:

  • Licorice
  • Cookies
  • Cakes
  • Pies
  • Donuts
  • Pastries
  • Ice cream novelties

The legislation has been referred to the Senate Taxes Committee. The bill will be considered dead if it doesn't pass a committee by Friday.

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