For those of you who are super shoppers – and manage to buy school supplies before school actually starts – you may be able to benefit from a number of back to school related sales tax holidays this summer. Here’s the list as it appears right now:
Alabama
August 5-7, 2011
Exempt items:
clothing – $100
computers, computer software and school computer supplies – $750
school supplies and school art supplies – $50
books – $30
Arkansas
August 6-7, 2011
Exempt items:
clothing and footwear – $100
clothing accessories – $50
school supplies and school art supplies
Connecticut
August 21-27, 2011
Exempt items:
clothing and footwear – $300
Florida
August 12-14, 2011
Exempt items:
clothing – $75
school supplies – $15
Iowa
August 5-6, 2011
Exempt items:
clothing and footwear – $100
Louisiana
August 5-6, 2011
Exempt items:
Almost everything (!) except services and leases – $2,500
Maryland
August 14-20, 2011
Exempt items:
clothing & footwear – $100
Mississippi
July 29-30, 2011
Exempt items:
clothing & footwear – $100
Missouri
August 5-7,2011
Exempt items:
clothing – $100
school supplies – $50
computer software – $350
computers and peripheral devices – $3,500
New Mexico
August 5-7, 2011
Exempt items:
clothing and footwear – $100
desktop, laptop or notebook computers – $1,000
computer hardware – $500
school supplies – $15
North Carolina
August 5-7, 2011
Exempt items:
clothing and footwear – $100
school supplies – $100
sports and recreation equipment – $50
computers – $3,500
computer supplies – $250
reference books, textbooks and workbooks – $300
Oklahoma
August 5-7, 2011
Exempt items:
clothing and footwear – $100
South Carolina
August 5-7, 2011
Exempt items:
clothing and footwear
school supplies
books
bookbags and lunchboxes
computers, printers and software
dorm-related expenses such as towels, comforters, linens and pillows
Tennessee
August 5-7, 2011
Exempt items:
clothing and footwear – $100
school supplies – $100
computers – $1,500
Texas
August 19-21, 2011
Exempt items:
clothing and footwear – $100
school supplies, bookbags and lunchboxes – $100
Virginia
August 5-7, 2011
Exempt items:
clothing and footwear – $100
school supplies – $20
Source: http://blogs.forbes.com/kellyphillipserb/2011/07/22/back-to-school-sales-tax-holidays-on-tap-for-many-states/
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