الجمعة، 20 أغسطس 2010

Many states have tax free weekends. You can see an overview here. This coming weekend, August 20 to August 22, Texas is giving shoppers a little break. The sales tax in Texas is 8%. That means consumers can save $8 on every $100 they spend.

But unfortunately the tax exception only applies to certain items:
  • Clothing and footwear under $100

  • Includes backpacks under $100 for elementary and secondary students

  • Includes layaway items

    This weekend is meant to help with supplying kids with all the necessary items before they head back to school.

    While the savings are not huge, often times every penny counts and there are many families that are very grateful about the tax free weekend in Texas.

    The tax free weekend in Texas is the latest in the series of tax free weekends. Connecticut’s Tax Free Week, which went from Aug. 15-21, 2010 is followed on August 20 by Texas. The Connecticut tax free week was for Clothing under $300 and Shoes under $300.

    There is only one more tax free event in the US after the Texas tax free weekend:
    West Virginia’s 2010 Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday: September 1-November 30, 2010, which applies to Energy Star products. These items have to be purchased for home use only and cost less than $5,000.

    On the next page is a list of items that are included for the Texas tax free weekend.


    Here is a list of items that are included:

    The following is an all-inclusive list of qualifying school supplies (if priced less than $100):

    * Binders
    * Book bags
    * Calculators
    * Cellophane tape
    * Blackboard chalk
    * Compasses
    * Composition books
    * Crayons
    * Erasers
    * Folders; expandable, pocket, plastic, and manila
    * Glue, paste and paste sticks
    * Highlighters
    * Index cards
    * Index card boxes
    * Legal pads

    * Lunch boxes
    * Markers
    * Notebooks
    * Paper; loose leaf ruled notebook paper, copy paper, graph paper, tracing paper, manila paper, colored paper, poster board, and construction paper
    * Pencil boxes and other school supply boxes
    * Pencil sharpeners
    * Pencils
    * Pens
    * Protractors
    * Rulers
    * Scissors
    * Writing tablets

    Here is a list of Clothing, Footwear and Backpacks, and Their Exemption Status
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