Grocery Sales Tax

 Under this year's state budget, the 1% sales tax on groceries ends in 2026. However as a sop to local municipalities, which got the money from the 1% tax, the budget also gives local governments the power to institute a local sales tax on groceries, without passing a referendum. Given that our city council passed an ordinance keeping in place a 1/4% sales tax put in place to fund school roof repairs,  that was due to expire several years ago, I would not be surprised to see a vote on establishing a local tax on groceries after the expiration of the grocery tax.