Alabama will reduce its state grocery tax once again next month thanks to bipartisan legislation enacted earlier this year. This reduction will make it easier for every family across Alabama to make ends meet.
Alabama Arise staff members participated in a ceremonial bill signing event that Gov. Kay Ivey held for the legislation at the State Capitol in Montgomery on Thursday, July 31. Ivey officially signed the bill into law in May.
HB 386, sponsored by Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, will reduce the state sales tax on groceries from three percent to two percent beginning on Sept. 1. The law also will give cities and counties more flexibility to reduce local grocery taxes if they choose. The grocery tax reduction will be Alabama’s second in three years, building on a 2023 law reducing the tax from four percent to three percent…