Changing the Current Soft Drinks Tax

What is Taxed? • Bottled or canned soft drinks, soft drink syrup, soft drink dry mixture "Any and all nonalcoholic beverages that contain natural or artificial sweeteners" • Soda water, lemonade, bottled or canned sweet tea, chocolate milk, packets of Kool-Aid • Also includes syrups used for coffee and tea-based drinks . Uncarbonated water, milk with no flavoring, and natural/undiluted fruit and vegetable juice 1 cent on each 16.9 ounces or fraction of the amount of fluid • Soft drink syrup: 80 cents per gallon Dry mixture: 1 cent on each ounce • This includes powdered creamers, iced tea mixes, instant breakfast mixes, Ovaltine, Tang west virginia Center on Budget & Policy

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