GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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HOUSE BILL 884
Short Title: Prepared Food Tax - Modification. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Wheatley, F. Jackson, and Charles Smith (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
April 14, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO INCREASE T HE GROSS RECEIPTS TH RESHOLD FOR ARTISANA L 2
BAKERIES EXEMPT FROM THE SALES TAX. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 105-164.13B reads as rewritten: 5
"§ 105-164.13B. Food exempt from tax. 6
(a) State Exemption. – Food is exempt from the taxes imposed by this Article unless the 7
food is included in one of the subdivisions in this subsection. The following food items are 8
subject to tax: 9
(1) Repealed by Session Laws 2005-276, s. 33.10, effective October 1, 2005. 10
(2) Dietary supplements. 11
(3) Food sold through a vending machine. 12
(4) Prepared food, other than bakery items sold without eating utensils by an 13
artisan bakery. The term "bakery item" includes bread, rolls, buns, biscuits, 14
bagels, croissants, pastries, donuts, danish, cakes, tortes, pies, tarts, muffins, 15
bars, cookies, and tortillas. An artisan bakery is a bakery that meets all of the 16
following requirements: 17
a. It derives over eighty percent (80%) of its gross receipts from bakery 18
items. 19
b. Its annual gross receipts, combined with the gross receipts of all 20
related persons, do not exceed one million eight hundred thousand 21
dollars ($1,800,000). two million four hundred thousand dollars 22
($2,400,000). For purposes of this subdivision, the term "related 23
person" means a person described in one of the relationships set forth 24
in section 267(b) or 707(b) of the Code. 25
(5) Soft drinks. 26
(6) Repealed by Session Laws 2003-284, s. 45.6B, effective January 1, 2004. 27
(7) Candy. 28
(b) Administration of Local Food Tax. – The Secretary must administer local sales and 29
use taxes imposed on food as if they were imposed under this Article. This applies to local taxes 30
on food imposed under Subchapter VIII of this Chapter and under Chapter 1096 of the 1967 31
Session Laws." 32
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2025, and applies to sales made 33
on or after that date. 34