If you live in Connecticut and Texas, and you still need to finish up your back-to-school shopping, don’t miss out on the tax-free shopping days that go through this weekend. These are the last two tax-free periods in the U.S. this month.
Here are the details on each state’s tax-free shopping criteria:
Connecticut: On Aug. 15-21, clothing and footwear costing less than $300 per item are exempt. Does not include accessories or athletic or protective clothing.
Texas: On Aug. 20-22, clothing, footwear and school backpacks with sales price of less than $100 per item are exempt. Does not include accessories, athletic or protective clothing or rentals.
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If you live close to Delaware, such as Mew Jersey, Pennsylvania,and Maryland, you will enjoy tax free shopping in this state the whole year round. It is such a bonus not to pay 4-8% more for your purchases.
Good point about NJ PA et al being tax free on clothing. We just did some back to school shopping yesterday and loved not paying tax here in PA!