Before Oct. 1, 2026 Amelia County’s new meals tax went into effect Thursday, Oct. 1. The oncedelayed imposition of the new tax places a 6 percent local sales tax on all prepared food. This means prepared food purchased at restaurants, convenience stores and the supermarket deli in the county now includes this tax. To demonstrate how this will effect residents’ pocketbooks, The Monitor compared the receipts from the purchase of a pair of breakfas…
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