It feels like summer just started but its almost back-to-school time already. 
A lot of back-to-school items go for sale during this time. To help your dollar go a little further, you could buy them during the sales tax holiday. Sales tax holiday literally means you won’t be charged a sales tax when you buy on these dates. The savings could be 4-9% based on the sales tax in your state. Keep in mind that shops are quite busy on such days so sometimes it makes sense to shop when the items you want go on sale with discounts larger than your sales tax. You can truly get a bargain by buying items on sale on these tax free days. Here are the dates for the sales tax holiday in states that have them.
State
|
Items/Limits |
Dates |
Link
|
| Alabama | Clothing $100 Computers $750 School supplies $50 per item Books $30 per book |
August 6, 2010 – August 8, 2010 | Quick Reference Sheet |
| Connecticut | Clothing/Footwear $300 | August 15, 2010 –August 21, 2010 | More Information |
| Florida | Clothing & Books $50 School supplies $10 |
August 13, 2010 – August 15, 2010 | More Information |
| Illinois | Clothing/Footwear $100 School supplies |
August 6, 2010 – August 15, 2010 | More Information |
| Iowa | Clothing/Footwear $100 | August 6, 2010 – August 7, 2010 | More Information |
| Maryland | Clothing/Footwear $100 | August 8, 2010 – August 14, 2010 | More Information |
| Massachusetts | [Depending on stimulus bill] | August 14, 2010 – August 15, 2010 | [Depending on stimulus bill] |
| Mississippi | Clothing/Footwear $100 | July 30, 2010 – July 31, 2010 | More Information |
| Missouri | Clothing $100 School supplies $50 Computer software $350 Personal computers $3,500 Computer peripheral devices $3,500 |
August 6, 2010 – August 8, 2010 | More Information |
| New Mexico | Clothing $100 Computers $1,000 School supplies $15 |
August 6, 2010 – August 8, 2010 | More Information |
| North Carolina | Clothing/footwear $100 School supplies $100 Instructional materials $300 Sports/recreation equipment $50 Computers $3500 Computer supplies $250 |
August 6, 2010 – August 8, 2010 | More Information |
| Oklahoma | Clothing/footwear $100 | August 6, 2010 – August 8, 2010 | More Information |
| South Carolina | Clothing, School supplies, computers and a lot of household items as well | August 6, 2010 – August 8, 2010 | More Information |
| Tennessee | Clothing $100 School supplies $100 Computers $1500 |
August 6, 2010 – August 8, 2010 | More Information |
| Texas | School supplies $100 Clothing/Backpack/Footwear |
August 20, 2010 – August 22, 2010 | More Information |
| Virginia | Clothing $100 School supplies $20 |
August 6, 2010 – August 8, 2010 | More Information |
Some states (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon) don’t have any sales tax throughout the year and Pennsylvania/Minnesota doesn’t have sales tax on clothing and footwear (in PA).
The above table includes only the back-to-school sales tax holiday. There are others like energy star/green holiday (late fall/winter) and hurricane preparedness holiday (April/May). For more information on the complete list of these sales tax holidays visit the Federation of Tax Administration. Can we get California on board for ANY of these holidays please? Ah, wishful thinking!
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