Ballot initiative proposed to eliminate Idaho’s 6% sales tax on food

Ballot initiative proposed to eliminate Idaho’s 6% sales tax on food

Members of the Snake River Republican Women gather signatures for the “Repeal Idaho’s Grocery Tax” proposed ballot initiative. | Photo courtesy of Howard Rynearson BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) — After years of failing to advance legislation to eliminate Idaho’s sales tax on groceries, an effort has launched to make the change via voter ballot initiative. Howard Rynearson, Payette County GOP Central Committee chairman, is leading the charge to gathe…

Ballot Initiative Proposed to Eliminate Idaho’s 6% Sales tax on Food

BOISE, ID – After years of failing to advance legislation to eliminate Idaho’s sales tax on groceries, an effort has launched to make the change via voter ballot initiative. Howard Rynearson, Payette County GOP Central Committee chairman, is leading the charge to gather enough signatures to place the measure on the November 2026 ballot. “People are very, very disgusted and tired of the fact that we’ve not been able to do this,” Rynearson told th…

Ballot initiative proposed to eliminate Idaho’s 6 percent sales tax on food

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