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Mississippi
- Tax holiday dates: July 31 to Aug. 1
- General exempt items:
The Magnolia State holds its first-ever sales tax holiday this year, offering shoppers two days in which they don't have to pay state or city sales taxes on items of clothing and footwear priced at less than $100.
- Notable exceptions: Accessories, including jewelry, handbags, luggage, umbrellas, wallets, watches, backpacks, briefcases and similar items will still be taxed.
More information will be available in Mississippi's brochure for consumers and its guidelines for retailers.
Missouri
- Tax holiday dates: Aug. 7 to Aug. 9
- General exempt items:
Missouri will show shoppers a state sales-tax
break on clothing and footwear items worth $100
or less; school supplies priced at $50 or less;
personal computers bought for $3,500 or less;
computer peripheral equipment also priced at
$3,500 or less; and software costing $350 or
less.
- Notable exceptions: Many of the state's cities,
counties
and other
taxing districts will continue to collect local sales-tax
levies. In nonparticipating jurisdictions, only Missouri's 4.225 percent
state sales tax will be excluded from eligible sales during that
weekend.
More information is available on Missouri's sales tax holiday Web site.
New Mexico
- Tax holiday dates: Aug. 7 to Aug. 9
- General exempt items: Shoppers will find this state even more enchanting this weekend, when clothing, shoes, computers and associated peripherals and school supplies are sales-tax exempt. Eligible clothing must cost less than $100, computers less than $1,000 and peripherals less than $500. School supplies also are tax-exempt as long as they cost no more than $15 and are items that "students normally use in a standard classroom for educational purposes." Among the items specified are notebooks, paper, writing instruments and crayons.
- Notable exceptions: The tax holiday law specifically excludes watches, radios, compact disc players, headphones, sporting equipment, portable desktop telephones, copiers, office equipment, furniture or fixtures. These items, say lawmakers, are not considered to be school supplies that students normally use in a standard classroom.
More information is available in New Mexico's sales-tax guidelines and its list of taxable and nontaxable items.
North Carolina
- Tax holiday dates: Aug. 7 to Aug. 9
- General exempt items: North Carolina's state tax will not be collected on clothing, footwear and students' school supplies costing $100 or less per item; school instructional materials of $300 or less per item; sports and recreation equipment priced at $50 or less per item; computers of $3,500 or less per item; and computer supplies of $250 or less. The Tar Heel State will hold a second sales tax holiday Nov. 6 to Nov. 8 for Energy Star qualified products.
- Notable exceptions:
Some people view sewing or knitting as recreational.
The hobby usually produces clothing. But the
state specifically says that fabric, thread,
yarn and "other such items purchased to make
clothing" remain taxable this weekend.
More information is available on North Carolina's sales tax holiday Web page.
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