This article, entitled State List for Tax Free Back-to-School Shopping comes from our content partner girlswithcoupons.com With August under a month away, it’s time to get those deals lined up for back to school savings. There are many states that do not charge sales tax usually beginning on the first Friday of August and lasting a few days. Item’s exempt can range from shoes, clothes, school supplies and sometimes computers. When looking at the list, when it says for example; “clothing – $100″ You must spend at least $100 to take advantage of the sales tax exemption. Here is a list of which states that will be doing this. If your state isn’t on the list (like my state of Kansas), then there will be no tax exemptions in your state.

State   Days   Items Included   Maximum Cost   1stYear   2012 Dates   Information Links * Alabama 3 hurricane preparedness generators – $1,000 supplies – $60 2012 July 6-8 http://www.revenue.alabama.gov/ Alabama 3 clothing – $100 computers – $750 school supplies – $50 books – $30 2006 August 3-5 http://www.revenue.alabama.gov/ Arkansas 2 clothing – $100 school supplies 2011 August 4-5 http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/ Connecticut 7 clothing and footwear – $300 2001 August 19-25 http://www.ct.gov/ Florida 3 school supplies – $15 clothing – $75 2010+ August 3-5 http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/ Georgia 2 school supplies – $20 clothing – $100 computer – $1,000 2012+ August 10-11 Georgia 3 energy and water efficient products – $1,500 2012+ October 5-7 Iowa 2 clothing – $100 2000 August 3-4 http://www.iowaccess.org/tax/ Louisiana 2 all TPP – $2,500 2007 August 3-4 http://www.revenue.louisiana.gov/ Louisiana 2 hurricane preparedness items – $1,500 2008 May 26-27 http://www.revenue.louisiana.gov/ Louisiana 3 firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies 2009 September 7-9 http://www.revenue.louisiana.gov/ Maryland 3 energy star products 2011 February 18-20 http://www.comp.state.md.us/ Maryland 7 clothing & footwear-$100 2010 August 12-18 http://www.marylandtaxes.com/ Mississippi 2 clothing & footwear – $100 2009 July 27-28 http://www.dor.ms.gov/ Missouri 7 energy star products – $1,500 2009 April 19-25 http://dor.mo.gov/ Missouri 3 clothing – $100 computers – $3,500 school supplies – $50 2004 August 3-5 http://dor.mo.gov/ New Mexico 3 clothing – $100 computers – $1,000 school supplies – $15 2005 August 3-5 http://www.tax.newmexico.gov North Carolina 3 clothing – $100 school supplies – $100 instructional material – $300 computers – $3,500 other comp. – $250 sports equip – $50 2001 August 3-5 http://www.dornc.com/ North Carolina 3 energy star products 2009 November 2-4 http://www.dornc.com/ Oklahoma 3 clothing – $100 2007 August 3-5 http://www.tax.ok.gov/ South Carolina 3 clothing school supplies computers other 2000 August 3-5 http://www.sctax.org/ South Carolina 2 guns, rifles & handguns 2008 November 23-24 Tennessee 3 clothing – $100 school supplies – $100 computers – $1,500 2006 August 3-5 http://tn.gov/revenue/ Texas 3 energy star products air conditioners – $6,000; other – $2,000 2008 May 26-28 http://www.window.state.tx.us/ Texas 3 clothing, backpacks and school supplies- $100 1999 August 17-19 http://www.window.state.tx.us/ Virginia 7 hurricane preparedness items – $60 generators – $1,000 2008 May 25-31 http://www.tax.virginia.gov/ Virginia 3 clothing – $100 school supplies – $20 2006 August 3-5 http://www.tax.virginia.gov/ Virginia 4 energy star products – $2,500 2006 October 5-8 http://www.tax.virginia.gov/

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