Which food qualifies for Alabama’s grocery Tax cut?

Prepared foods may not apply for the tax cut

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) – Alabama is cutting the sales tax on food this September.

But what “foods” actually qualify?

Unlike Tennessee, Alabama is cutting the food tax from 4% to 3%.

However, it doesn’t apply to everything you buy at the grocery.

The tax cuts applies to fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy products, breads or cereals.

But it gets tricky when those foods are pre-cooked.

For example, a package of uncooked chicken breast will get the discount at 3%.  But a rotisserie chicken still is taxed at 4% as a “heated food.”

Just like in Tennessee, the sale tax cut does not apply to alcohol, tobacco, vitamins, medicines and supplements.

The Tennessee law is a tax holiday that lasts through Halloween.

The Alabama law is just a tax cut, but it does not expire.

So how do you know what items on your grocery bill actually got the lower tax rate?

WHNT-TV in Huntsville found that at Walmart, they print an “F” after items with the lower 3% rate.