On Monday, a new law officially went into effect across Alabama reducing the state sales tax on groceries from 3% to 2%.
The law, which was enacted back in May, is also meant to give cities and counties more flexibility to reduce local grocery taxes. According to a report from Newsweek, this reduction will save Alabamians up to a combined $121 million per year.
“When we can reduce taxes in Alabama and provide some relief to the hardworking people of this state, I am all for it. I was pleased to sign House Bill 386 to take another notch off our state grocery tax.”…