In Juneau, voters recently approved Proposition 2. Effective November 20, 2025, essential foods and essential residential utilities will be exempt in the Alaskan local. Proposition 2 was a citizen’s initiative petition to amend Juneau’s sales tax code to create new sales tax exemptions. Specifically, essential food defined by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and essential residential utilities include sales of electricity, heating fuel, water, and curbside waste removal.
Juneau, Alaska Adopts Exemptions for Essential Foods & Essential Residential Utilities
Bradley Feimer
October 28, 2025
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Bradley Feimer
Bradley Feimer is Regulatory Counsel at Sovos. Within Sovos’s Regulatory Analysis function, Bradley focuses on domestic sales tax, international Value Added Tax, and Global Sales Tax. Bradley received a B.A. in English from The Ohio State University and J.D. at Suffolk University Law School. Bradley is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
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