Restaurant
Posted by admin on Friday Dec 18, 2009 Under GOURMET FOOD
What entitles a restaurant to charge a luxury tax on your food bill?
I recently noticed on my bill at a nice local chain restaurant that the tax was 10% of the bill. I questioned the waitress about it since the state rate is 6% & she didn’t seem to know anything about it. She questioned management & the answer was that is is a luxury tax. What do you have to do to qualify to charge such a tax? Are there requirements, or can any restaurant charge it?
It’s not that the “can” charge it. They “must” charge it.
The tax goes to the state. The restaurant doesn’t get to keep it.
Many states have different tax rates for “prepared” food so it is common to pay a higher sales tax rate at a restaurant than at a store.
If you want to fall over, rent a car at an airport and look at the tax rate.
Mr. Bean —- Restaurant
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