Tax Free Weekend

By

notwrong

This is from the North Carolina Department of Revenue site:
G.S. 105-164.13C provides an exemption for certain items of tangible personal property sold between 12:01 A.M. on the first Friday in August and 11:59 P.M. the following Sunday. For 2009, the dates are Friday, August 7th through Sunday, August 9th. Clothing, footwear, and school supplies of $100 or less per item; school instructional materials of $300 or less per item; sports and recreation equipment of $50 or less per item, computers of $3,500 or less per item; and computer supplies of $250 or less per item will be exempt.

Clothing accessories, jewelry, cosmetics, protective equipment, wallets, furniture, items used in a trade or business, and rentals are not covered by the exemption and will be subject to the applicable tax.

By

kffrmw88

In Al. it's Friday Aug-7, Sat-8 & Sunday-9,

By

redhatterb

You're lucky and so are the people in any other state that does this. SD won't allow it, the poor government might miss out on some tax revenue. Myself I think it should be illegal to have sales tax on food, clothing and medicine.