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These days, with unemployment busting through the roof, but with you still having to pay for things like, oh, I dunno, school supplies for your little ones, any way that you can save some money is a good thing, right? So here is your Gear Diary Helpful Hint o’ the Day: places where there is tax-free purchasing this weekend! The web site BargainJack tracks this stuff, and they tell us
Tax free weekends are hitting local stores in several states this weekend! I wanted to make sure you were aware of this, so you can share the details with your audience.As always, there are exclusions based on your state. We went ahead and threw together a handy chart that shows highlights of some of these exclusions. You can view the chart below, or reference our blog article that includes the table at the following URL:
So surf over or read on, because we all need to save money these days.
Full information below.
State
Items and Maximum Cost (Per Item)
2011 Dates
More InformationAlabama clothing – $100
computers – $750
school supplies – $50
books – $30 August 5-7 revenue.alabama.govArkansas
clothing and footwear – $100
Clothing accessories – $50
school supplies, art supplies, school instructional material
August 6-7
www.dfa.arkansas.govConnecticut clothing and footwear – $300
August 21-27 www.ct.govFlorida
school supplies – $15
clothing $75
August 12-14
dor.myflorida.comIowa clothing – $100 August 5-6 www.iowaccess.org
Louisiana
all TPP – $2,500
hurricane preparedness items – $1,500
August 5-6
revenue.louisiana.govMaryland clothing and footwear – $100
August 14-20 www.marylandtaxes.comMissouri
clothing – $100
computers – $3,500
school supplies – $50
August 5-7
dor.mo.govNew Mexico clothing – $100
computers – $1,000
school supplies – $15 August 5-7 www.tax.newmexico.govNorth Carolina
clothing – $100
school supples – $100
instructional material – $300
computers – $3,500
other comp. – $250
sports equip – $50
August 5-7
www.dornc.comOklahoma clothing – $100 August 5-7 www.tax.ok.gov
South Carolina
clothing
school supplies
computers
other (Check SC site for explicit items’ exemptions)
August 5-7
www.sctax.orgTennessee clothing – $100
school supplies – $100
computers – $1,500 August 5-7 tn.govTexas
clothing, backpacks, and school supplies – $100
August 19-21
www.window.state.tx.usVirginia clothing – $100
school supplies – $20 August 5-7 www.tax.virginia.govWe’ve been seeing a lot of national brick and mortar retailers starting to ramp up for back to school savings, helping consumers to stack coupons or sale events on top of the tax savings. We will continue to promote all of these sale events on BargainJack.com.
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