A package of bills that we shared on our program earlier this week has passed swiftly through the Alabama House of Representatives. These bills included the reduction on the state sales tax on groceries and would result in a savings of $192 Million for Alabama taxpayers. The lead bill, House Bill 386 would reduce the state’s grocery tax from 3% to 2% on September 1st and the bill passed with a unanimous vote.
Alabama Speaker of the House, Nathaniel Ledbetter said in a statement, “With the passage of this tax cut package, the alabama house of representatives has now passed 15 tax cuts since the current quadrennium began in 2022.”
The package of bills also included House bill 387, which would remove restrictions on local government taxation of food and authorizes the ability to lower sales taxes on groceries through ordinance or resolution.
The bills’ sponsor, House Education Budget Chairman Danny Garrett said, “Today we have the opportunity to reduce taxes on just about everyone in the state of Alabama.”