FL sales tax holiday 10/05 - 10/11 for energy-efficient appliances

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By HELEN HUNTLEY, Times Personal Finance Editor
Published October 1, 2006

Another Florida sales tax holiday starts this week, which means this could be a good time to save a few bucks on a washing machine or a ceiling fan - provided that you need one.

At least 14 states have sales tax holidays this year, but Florida is the champion with three of them. Most sales tax holidays are tied to back-to-school shopping season, but jeans and backpacks were just the starting point for Florida legislators. This year we've had a sales tax holiday for batteries, generators and other hurricane supplies, and now we're getting one for energy-efficient appliances.

The latest holiday, which starts Thursday and runs through Oct. 11, removes the sales tax on noncommercial purchases of new dishwashers, clothes washers, air conditioners, ceiling fans, light bulbs, dehumidifiers, programmable thermostats and refrigerators that meet Energy Star standards and cost no more than $1,500.
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/10/01/Columns/One_more_sales_tax_ho.shtml

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Specifics here:
http://www.state.fl.us/dor/tips/pdf/tip06a01-21.pdf
from Page 3:
(((Example 4: A customer orders a dishwasher and a refrigerator on the same invoice. Both items will be
shipped to the customer, and the customer has no option whether to have the items shipped. The sales
price of the dishwasher is $500 and the sales price of the refrigerator is $1,450. The total shipping charge
for both items is $150.
To determine whether either item is eligible for the exemption, the shipping charge must be proportionately
allocated to each item and separately identified on the invoice. In this example, the invoice must contain
a shipping charge of $38.46 <$500/$1,950 (cost of dishwasher/cost of both items) = 25.64%, multiplied[br />by $150 (cost of shipping)] for the dishwasher and a shipping charge of $111.54 for the refrigerator.
Therefore, the total sales price of the dishwasher is $538.46 and the total sales price of the refrigerator
is $1,561.54. The dishwasher would qualify for the exemption and the refrigerator would not because
it exceeds $1500.
When a qualifying energy-efficient product does not become a part of realty and remains tangible personal
property when installed, any separately itemized charge for the installation of the product is a part of the sales
price of the product and is exempt when the total sales price of the product is $1,500 or less.)))


Ok. Got it? Everybody shop. :crazy: definitely too early in the morning for this.


Oh, and by the way, if anyone feels this information was so helpful they are compelled to reward me for it, I really, really need a new clothes washer. (hint, hint) ;)

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1. Scam Prone.

The hurricane tax holiday was limited to generators less than $1000.One place I went to said they would break the cost of the generator across two invoices,one for $999 with the tax break and the other with an invoice of $200 as MISC with sales tax.I went to a national chain franchise big box and got the same model which was priced at $999 and they carried it to my car.

The other businesses I shopped at gave me false information and none had price tags,they all sized me up before quoting me their best price.Fuel efficient cars save money another way by allowing one to travel around town to comparison shop.Those of you at the national chains who deal with upset customers can see what the Gasparilla pirates put us through.