HB1213 — Taxes - As introduced, eliminates the 4 percent state sales tax on food for human consumption; increases the tax on cigarettes from three cents per cigarette to 8.35 cents per cigarette; increases the tax on other tobacco products from 6.6 percent to 17 percent of the wholesale cost price. - Amends TCA Title 67.

HB1213 — Taxes - As introduced, eliminates the 4 percent state sales tax on food for human consumption; increases the tax on cigarettes from three cents per cigarette to 8.35 cents per cigarette; increases the tax on other tobacco products from 6.6 percent to 17 percent of the wholesale cost price. - Amends TCA Title 67. · Informed CitizenryHB1213 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, to change state sales taxes on food and tobacco products. The bill eliminates the 4 percent state sales tax on food for human consumption. It incre…Open in Informed Citizenry