HB 2190 -- Sales Tax on Food Sponsor: Nasheed Beginning January 1, 2009, this bill phases out over a six-year period the state sales and use tax on the purchase of food and replaces the revenue with a sales tax on the purchase of beer, wine, and liquor. Beginning January 1, 2014, retail sales of food will not be subject to the one-eighth of 1% conservation sales tax and the one-tenth of 1% parks and soils sales tax.Copyright (c) Missouri House of Representatives