Taxes on Food and Hygiene Products

This is a bill about selling food and hygiene products, and the ways they are taxed in Virginia.

• Sales tax: a smaller, extra amount of money people pay the seller for buying products.

• If this bill passes:

  • Virginia law about taxes on food and hygiene products will be updated.

  • Some taxes on other kinds of products will not be put on food and hygiene products.

    • This includes local use tax, which is a smaller, extra amount of money people sometimes have to pay when buying products made outside the area that the products are sold in.

  • Starting on January 1, 2027:

    • Food and hygiene products cannot be taxed more like other products are according to some of Virginia’s tax laws.

    • Money that would have been made on taxing these products will be split between cities and counties across Virginia.

      • The amount of money that each city and county gets will be based on: 

        • How many products are sold there

        • How much in sales tax were collected there that month. 

Position Statement:

New Disabled South supports food and hygiene items being more affordable. The changes in this bill will help do that by avoiding tax on these items in Virginia.