Is there tax on take out food in San Francisco?

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Here is the same question from anouther state... might be the same answer Good Question: What's a take out tax?

Posted By: Paige Heyward KANSAS CITY, Mo. – If you need a Big Mac, fries, a Happy Meal, or a cherry pie in a pinch a trip to the drive thru may be in order. But take a look at your order and what will you see? A take out tax. NBC Action News discovered the tax after a viewer visited the Mission, Kan. McDonalds. After a trip through, we were charged a 24 cent take out tax. A spokesperson for McDonald’s says “take out tax” is on ever receipt, for every McDonald’s restaurant. They say the line refers “simply to tax stipulated by county and state taxing authorities.” In other words, “take out tax” is the same as local tax. You are paying no more to get your Happy Meal at the drive thru. McDonald’s does it to determine where an order cam from, inside or outside their restaurant. We went through other restaurant drive thru’s in Kansas and Missouri, and found they don’t have real taxes labeled as a “take out tax.” McDonalds says they are committed to customer satisfaction. A customer scanning his receipt suggests, “Re-label it and put city tax like everybody else.”