Okla. Admin. Code § 710:65-13-572

Current through Vol. 42, No. 3, October 15, 2024

Section 710:65-13-572 - [Effective until 9/14/2025] Prepared food

Prepared food is food generally intended for immediate consumption and is prepared to a point generally accepted as ready to be eaten without further preparation. Food which meets any of the criteria of paragraphs (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection is prepared food and taxed at the state sales tax rate of 4.5%.

(1)Food and food ingredients sold in a heated state or that is heated by the seller. Food that was heated by the seller at any time before the sale, is fully taxable as prepared food even if it is in an unheated state at the time of the sale. Heating includes baking, braising, boiling, broiling, dehydrating, frying, microwaving, roasting, simmering, smoking, steaming, or other forms of warming or cooking. The heating may occur at premises other than the sales location. Food heated by the customer, not the seller, on the seller's premises is not food sold in a heated state.

(2)Two or more food ingredients mixed or combined by the seller for sale as a single item. Prepared foods include foods made or combined by the seller. A seller who mixes or combines two or more foods or food ingredients and sells the mixture or combination as a single item, is selling prepared food. For example, meals, salads, sandwiches, baked goods, and ice cream sundaes that are made by the seller are prepared food and are taxed at the state sales tax rate of 4.5% and any applicable municipal and county sales taxes.

(3)Food sold with eating utensils provided by the seller. Food is considered to be sold with an eating utensil provided by the seller when the food is intended for consumption with the utensil provided. A customer's choice not to use a provided utensil does not affect whether an item is prepared food.

(A) For a seller with a PFS% of greater than 75% calculated pursuant to Section 710:65-13-573, food is sold with eating utensils provided by the seller if:

(i) The seller physically gives or hands the utensils to the purchaser or makes the utensils available to its customers by way of self-service station or other central location on the premises;

(ii) A food item has four or more servings packaged as one food item sold for a single price and the seller physically gives or hands the eating utensils to purchasers. To determine the number of servings in the food item, use the information on the product label. If there is no product label, the seller can make a reasonable determination as to the number of servings in the food item. If the transaction is for less than four servings, or the seller does not maintain adequate records of these sales, these food sales are taxed at the state sales tax rate of 4.5%.

(B) For a seller with a PFS% of 75% or less, food is sold with eating utensils provided by the seller if the seller's business practice is to physically give or hand eating utensils to purchasers, except that plates, bowls, glasses and cups necessary for the purchaser to receive the food need only be made available to purchasers.

(C) Food is not sold with eating utensils provided by the seller if the food items have a utensil placed in a package with the food items by a person other than the seller, and that other person is a food manufacturer (NAICS sector 311). For any packager with any other NAICS classification code, the seller is considered to have provided the eating utensil.

Okla. Admin. Code § 710:65-13-572

Adopted by Oklahoma Register, Volume 41, Issue 23, August 15, 2024, eff. 7/15/2024, exp. 9/14/2025 (Emergency)