Tax Free weekends!

[wherezdabearz 1]

No sales tax here in Montana either - and also have had experience of showing my State ID in Washington and getting tax taken off the items. I've tried it in other states though and they won't do it!

[tnh9479 1]

We've had two tax free events here in FL...hurricane supplies and back to school shopping. It is nice, but unless you are buying massive quantities of stuff it really does not make a huge difference (IMHO). However, I do enjoy living in FL because there is no state income tax. That part about living in VT really sucked.

[*Robert* 2]

i wish they'd have one here!

[sparkofcreation 0]

We thought about getting clothes, but the mall was so mobbed, we decided that paying the tax was okay. I can see the advantage if you have kids and need to buy a lot, though.

Today we did go buy pens and tape at Staples ... the pens were tax-free, the tape was not. Beats me. Also, I bought a dictionary yesterday, and that wasn't tax-free. I would have thought that reference books surely fit into the definition of "school supplies," but I guess not.

There's really not much we could have bought that was tax-free, actually, other than clothes. But as I said, I can see the value if you have kids you need to get ready to go back to school.

NM technically has a "use tax," not a "sales tax." This means two things: 1. You pay tax on everything including services, not just products; 2. It varies by county. Or by city. Or by ZIP code. I'm not sure. But it's a different rate everywhere, and some industries also charge a higher tax rate than the area's use tax rate. Drives me bonkers. Our state income taxes darn well better be close to 0, with all the things we end up paying 11.75% use tax on.

Edited August 7, 2006 by sparkofcreation

[kisschick1976 0]

Here in Texas, we have no state income tax and our usual sales tax is around 8% I believe. I made the HUGE mistake of going to Walmart yesterday to get a few groceries. there were NO SHOPPING CARTS LEFT. I couldn't believe it.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

We've had two tax free events here in FL...hurricane supplies and back to school shopping. It is nice, but unless you are buying massive quantities of stuff it really does not make a huge difference (IMHO). However, I do enjoy living in FL because there is no state income tax. That part about living in VT really sucked.

Right. Sales tax isn't that much in the first place. I can see people going out of there way spending hundreds of $$ to save a few $$.