Bill would move food deliveries out of online sales tax
A new bill to change the Simplified Sellers Use Tax — generally known as the online sales tax — has been filed, this one focusing on goods and foods picked up at local stores and restaurants via delivery services. Currently, purchases made at a local restaurant through an app such as DoorDash or UberEats are subject to the 8% SSUT, the same as an online retail purchase from a company based outside the state. But the same meal bought in person at the restaurant is subject to the traditional state and local communities’ sales taxes, which combined are often a bit higher than that 8% SSUT.
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