Does Washington DC have a restaurant tax on fast food places, or street vendors?

Food and Beverage Tax: Sales of food or drink served or prepared for immediate consumption, or sold in or by restaurants, lunch counters, cafeterias, hotels, snack bars, caterers, boarding houses, carry-out shops and like places of business, or from carts and motor vehicles or any other form of vehicle, are subject to tax at the rate of 10 percent.

(DC has a five-tiered tax rate: 10% is the sales tax rate on food and beverage and *not* in addition to the general 6% sales tax.)

You may also wish to check out "Cheap Eats" list for less-expensive yet tasty options. Grocery sales are non-taxable so some visitors will pack snacks, water and such for their sightseeing trips.

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Does Washington DC have a restaurant tax on fast food places, or street vendors?

I am going to DC next week,and staying in Alexandria. We plan to sight see during the days in DC. I've read from several sources that the restaurants have a 10% restaurant tax on tp of the sales tax. This would cut into a budget big time. if we ate at fast food places, or got stuff from the...

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DC taxes EVERYTHING.