Louisiana Sales Tax Exemption on Food for Home Consumption

1. This information is based on two sources:
   1. Louisiana Tax Topics, Vol 25 #2 April 05
   2. Ruling 03-022
2. The Louisiana sales tax return allows for an exemption for "Sale of Food for home consumption."
3. When this absurd law was first passed in 2005, the state had trouble defining what sizes of packaged food were for immediate consumption and what sizes were for "home consumption."
4. Without changing the wording on the state sales tax form, the state solved the problem by redefining what it meant by "home consumption."
5. "Food for home consumption" now means food that is "prepared or manufactured by someone other than the seller."
6. Use the following lists to determine what is taxable and not taxable:

TAXABLE food prepared on site hot dogs and food warmed by machines slices of pizza fountain drinks coffee bottled water carbonated bottled water chewing gum cigarettes

NOT TAXABLE but still subject to parish tax grocery items candy, any size soft drinks, any size chips, any size