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$192M tax cut package sails through Alabama House

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MONTGOMERY — The Alabama House advanced with little discussion and strong bipartisan support Tuesday a four-bill tax cut package, including a reduction on the state sales tax on groceries, that would represent an annual savings of $192 million for Alabamians.

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Tennessee Lookout

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Grocery tax cuts compete for support in Tennessee legislature

Paper plates decorated and labeled "no grocery tax" adorn the office door of Nashville Democratic Rep. Aftyn Behn, sponsor of a bill to end Tennessee's grocery tax. The bill was effectively shelved for the year. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)A House finance subcommittee declined to pass — but didn’t kill — a Democrat-sponsored grocery tax reduction bill Wednesday, possibly paving the way for a Republican-backed bill to cut or reduce t…

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$192M tax cut package sails through Alabama House

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Alabama Policy Institute

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We're living in topsy turvy world: a comparison of Alabama tax plans - Alabama Policy Institute

API’s 2025 BluePrint for Alabama provides policy options to significantly reduce the tax burden on Alabamians. Both the Alabama Republican & Democratic Parties recently announced tax reduction plans, with Republicans fast-tracking bills in the House of Representatives in an attempt to quickly implement their preferred proposals. Democrats will surely opine this week.In the 2025 BluePrint for Alabama, published last December, the Alabama Policy I…

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Alabama Political Reporter

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House passes $192 million tax relief package

If HB386 is approved by the Senate, the tax on groceries would be reduced to just 2 percent.

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alabamareflector.com

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Alabama House approves grocery tax cut, income tax adjustments • Alabama Reflector

Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, looks up to the gallery of the Alabama House of Representatives on March 18, 2025, at the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Alabama. The chamber unanimously passed a $192 million tax cut package of bills sponsored by Garrett. (Anna Barrett/Alabama Reflector)The Alabama House of Representatives unanimously passed $192 million in tax cuts in a four-bill package on Tuesday. HB 386, 387, 388 and 389, all sponsored …

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Group wants state to drop sales tax on groceries

Members of Alabama Arise Action are calling on the Legislature to eliminate the sales tax on groceries. At a news conference today at the Alabama State House, the group said the tax is cruel and drives families deeper into poverty as they struggle to pay for food. The state sales tax on groceries had been 4% until it was lowered to 3% two years ago. Many local governments add their own taxes, which makes the tax a total of 9% in places like Mont…

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