Does your area offer a sales tax holiday?

[cynatnite]

Ours started it last year. For a couple of days we don't have to pay sales tax on back-to-school items. Saturday we did shopping for school and we paid $1.16 in tax for a couple of food items. The rest of the $120 was not taxed at all since it was school supplies and clothes. Considering TN state tax is 9.5% it's we can save a little money.

I was reading this:

Other states with sales tax holidays this weekend include Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, New Mexico, Missouri and Oklahoma.

http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9002327

[liberal N proud]

1. Ohio does not

But I do know Florida does twice a year. One for Hurricane preparedness and one for back to school

[Lars39]

2. It's ultimately like shooting yourself in the foot, though.

Less money brought in means more taxes down the road. :(

[cynatnite]

4. We're damned either way, I think...

Money is really tight and I'm always looking to save a buck wherever I can. We also need to pay taxes, too. :shrug:

[Warpy]

13. It doesn't seem to work that way in NM

even though a few chislers wait to replace the old printers and the like until the tax holiday. It really is a help for people who have supplies to buy for multiple kiddies, so I'm all for it.

It's a short holiday that helps families with kids and doesn't seem to affect the revenue stream all that much.

[karlrschneider]

14. Here in OK (it was this last weekend) there's a $100 limit on any single item.

Although the total can exceed that.

[cynatnite]

17. They offered no tax on computer items here...

as long as it was under $1500. Computers sold like crazy over the weekend.

[Warpy]

19. Here in NM, there are different limits on different items

so families can afford to buy the kid a cheap computer and printer, for example.

[RB TexLa]

3. For back to school stuff. Don't have kids to buy stuff for? We don't care about you

shut your F'ing mouth and pay the sales tax.

[RebelOne]

5. We had a tax-free holiday here in Georgia this past weekend.

[LiberalFighter]

6. Most states don't tax groceries

Weekly Household Grocery Expenses

Total $ 93.20

Size of Household
One $ 62.20
Two $ 83.20
Three-Four $ 107.20
Five or More $ 131.40

Type of Household
Children $ 117.60
No Children $ 80.00

[CTyankee]

7. They didn't list CT, but we do have the tax holiday.

Since I don't have school age kids, I don't really participate and I don't know if it is just clothing and school supplies but big items, i.e. a car, that would apply as well.

I don't object to our 6% state tax. That was a reduction several years ago, a trade off with our new state income tax. Generally, I am in favor of a reduced sales tax over no stateincome tax, as the income tax is progressive and the sales tax is regressive.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Arkansas doesn't have a tax holiday.

[NC_Nurse]

9. Yep, ended yesterday.

First weekend of August here.

[bluedog]

10. Florida does..n/t

[supernova]

11. Yes, NC has done it for several years

now. Ours was this past weekend. A lot of people take advantage of it to buy computers.

[Marrah_G]

12. Mass is having one this weekend.

I believe it is the first one for us.

[Tesha]

26. (Not the first.) (NT)

[racaulk]

15. Georgia does

We've had a "Back to School" sales tax holiday for a few years now every August (and I think we have a second one in January) for school supplies, clothing, etc. We also have a new "Energy Efficient" sales tax holiday this October where certain energy efficient heating appliances will be sold without sales tax for a few days.

[Coyote_Bandit]

16. It was

this past weekend here in (J)Oklahoma. Only applies to individual items of clothing and shoes priced less than $100. School supplies are still taxed. Also the state provides some money to cities to compensate for lost tax revenue.

Fucking crazy.

No tax break for grocery items here either. Sales tax here is just under 9%. And Tulsa is fucked up enough to think they can pass an additional half cent sales tax to build river improvements. Never mind some of those improvements were already funded in a previous tax levy. And nevermind the fact the there is absolutely nothing here to attract tourists to generate additionaol revenue. Ooops. I forgot, there is a PGA tournament that seems to return to Southern Hills every decade or so. And there are the religious kooks.

Damn I can't wait to moon the city limit sign on my final trip out of here.

[cynatnite]

18. We could barely afford school supplies for the kids...

when we lived in Fairview, OK. This has been several years ago and we were making a lot less money, but it about did us in before school started.

[Coyote_Bandit]

21. The main concern

which is always mentioned on the news coverage by area retailers is folks who go to Dallas to sho for school clothes and such. Once again, the concern here is not with the majority of working folks. If it were, school supplies would also be exempted.

[madokie]

24. if anyone would have driven from here to dallas to shop

they would be in need of a lot more than a tax holiday would give them

[Coyote_Bandit]

25. Definitely

I used to work with some folks who did just that however. They were wannabe wealthy, very concerned about keeping up appearances - and by their own account deep in debt. But by God they made sure nobody was likely to show up at school wearing the same shirt as little Johnny. Hard to feel sorry for such insanity.

I grew up in a family where sacrifices were required - and sometimes extra work - to finance the purchase of back to school supplies and clothing. When I was older I was given a meager allotment of cash and allowed to make my own clothing purchases. I learned a lot.

[madokie]

20. even laptops are back to school items

[cynatnite]

22. I'm waiting for the day I get handed a school supply list and it says laptop computer n/t

[madokie]

23. I heard friday morning on the local news, channel 6 tulsa, that laptops were included

by the time our granddaughter is in school they prolly will be included.

[Left Is Write]

27. No. (I'm in the Boise area.)