huge money savings weekend coming soon

The wonderful weekend of not paying taxes on clothing and other back to school necessities is coming soon.

Aug. 3-5 is the sales tax holiday for this coming school year. It will start at 12:01 a.m. on the 3rd and end at 11:59 p.m. on the 5th.

The state is projecting about $15 million in savings.

Art supplies were added to the tax-exempt list this year after constituents asked several state senators and representatives for that change.

Here is the list of the items:
2007 Tax exempt Weekend

Clothing - $100 or less

Exempt

Clothing:

* Belts

* Caps

* Coats

* Dresses

* Gloves

* Hats

* Hosiery

* Jackets

* Jeans

* Neckties

* Pants

* Scarves

* School uniforms

* Shirts

* Shoes

* Socks

* Sneakers

* Underwear

Taxable

Clothing Accessories:

* Belt Buckles (sold separately)

* Briefcases

* Cosmetics

* Hair Notions

* Handbags

* Jewelry

* Patches and Emblems (sold separately)

* Sewing Equipment and Supplies

* Sewing Materials, such as Thread, Fabric, Yarns and Zippers

* Sunglasses

* Umbrellas

* Wallets

* Watches

Protective Equipment:

* Breathing Masks

* Face Shields

* Hard Hats

* Hearing Protectors

* Helmets

* Paint or Dust

Respirators

* Protective Gloves and

Welder's Gloves

* Safety Glasses and

Goggles

* Tool Belts

Sports or Recreational Equipment:

* Ballet and Tap Shoes

* Cleated or Spiked

Athletic Shoes

* Gloves (Baseball,

Boxing, Golf)

* Goggles

* Hand and Elbow

Guards

* Life Preservers and

Vests

* Mouth Guards

* Roller and Ice Skates

* Shin Guards

* Shoulder Pads

* Ski Boots

* Wetsuits and Fins

 

School Supplies - $100 or less

 

Exempt

School Supplies:

* Binders

* Book Bags/Backpacks

* Calculators

* Chalk

* Crayons

* Erasers

* Folders

* Glue

* Lunch Boxes

* Notebooks

* Paper

* Pens

* Pencils

* Rulers

* Scissors

* Tape

School Art Supplies:

* Clay and Glazes

* Paints

* Paintbrushes

* Sketch and Drawing

Pads

* Watercolors

Taxable

School Instructional Material

* Textbooks and workbooks are always exempt from sales tax

School Computer Supplies:

* Compact Disks

* Computer Printers

* Computer Storage

Media

* Diskettes

* Handheld Electronic

Schedulers

* Personal Digital

Assistants

* Printer Supplies

including Paper and Ink

Computer - $1,500 or less

Exempt

Computers with a purchase price of $1,500 or less, not for use in a trade or business, are exempt from salestax.

For purposes of this exemption, a computer is defined as a central processing unit (CPU), along with various other components including monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, cables to connect components, and preloaded software.

Taxable
Computer parts, such as monitors, keyboards,speakers, and scanners when not sold in conjunction with a CPU
* Individually purchased software or other software not part of a preloaded software package on the initial purchase of a computer
* Storage media, such as diskettes and compact disks
* Handheld electronic schedulers
* Personal digital assistants (PDAs)
* Computer printers and supplies for printers, such as paper and ink