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Old Aug 11th 2006, 4:33 pm
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Well apparently there's going to be one this weekend around Mass...just wondered if anyone knew what that was about and if they had anything similar in your states?

Was going to use the chance on a new couch and possibly a router, but oh well..that went out the window for 2/3 of a new exhaust *l*
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We had one here in TN last week...i dont know if yours will be the same but ours was only tax free on back to school supplies, but things like adult clothes and shoes were also included.
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We had one here in TN last week...i dont know if yours will be the same but ours was only tax free on back to school supplies, but things like adult clothes and shoes were also included.
someone just told me it's limited to anything under $25K....so not bad if you were buying a car or somin'....seems a shame to miss out, but then there's always New Hampshire, about an hour or so drive away....hmmm...
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someone just told me it's limited to anything under $25K....so not bad if you were buying a car or somin'....seems a shame to miss out, but then there's always New Hampshire, about an hour or so drive away....hmmm...

we had one last weekend for clothing - it has some relation to back to school!
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We had one last weekend here in Texas.
The law exempts most clothing and footwear priced under $100 from sales taxes. Accessories were not included. It wasn't widely advertised here, or if it was I didn't see it!

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Well apparently there's going to be one this weekend around Mass...just wondered if anyone knew what that was about and if they had anything similar in your states?

Was going to use the chance on a new couch and possibly a router, but oh well..that went out the window for 2/3 of a new exhaust *l*
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Originally Posted by Bob
Well apparently there's going to be one this weekend around Mass...just wondered if anyone knew what that was about and if they had anything similar in your states?

Was going to use the chance on a new couch and possibly a router, but oh well..that went out the window for 2/3 of a new exhaust *l*

we had that last weekend but it wan't on furniture etc just mainly kids stuff for getting them back to school..tax free also on some shoes and clothes for adults.
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We had one last weekend here in Texas.
The law exempts most clothing and footwear priced under $100 from sales taxes. Accessories were not included. It wasn't widely advertised here, or if it was I didn't see it!
yep lots of ads here on the tv and in the stores...think this is the 8th year for tax free for houston
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Originally Posted by Bob
someone just told me it's limited to anything under $25K....so not bad if you were buying a car or somin'....seems a shame to miss out, but then there's always New Hampshire, about an hour or so drive away....hmmm...
Under 2,500 USD, innit? Still great though! Very jealous...

http://www.bankrate.com/msn/itax/news/20050804b1.asp
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HUH!
$100 limit here

http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinf.../tx98_490.html

Originally Posted by Bob
someone just told me it's limited to anything under $25K....so not bad if you were buying a car or somin'....seems a shame to miss out, but then there's always New Hampshire, about an hour or so drive away....hmmm...
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Originally Posted by TruBrit
we had that last weekend but it wan't on furniture etc just mainly kids stuff for getting them back to school..tax free also on some shoes and clothes for adults.
Ours was last weekend, same thing's Tax free. I am rather lucky in some ways though because we have many Base shopping places to go to, so there for we dont pay Tax anyway, so it was not a big deal to me
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We had it here last weekend and it also included computers........
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We had one in NM last week for back to school stuff. Apparently (according to the TV news ) the highest volume item was erasers. Because, you know, it's a real high tax dollar item.
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Originally Posted by Biiiiink
Under 2,500 USD, innit? Still great though! Very jealous...

http://www.bankrate.com/msn/itax/news/20050804b1.asp
your probably right..I don't have a clue, only heard about it from someone at work...
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Originally Posted by Big D
we had one last weekend for clothing - it has some relation to back to school!
and that's another thing, what's with getting a whole bunch of new things when going back to school, do kids throw everything out or somin' at the end of the year?
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Houston had one last weekend for the 'Back To School' campaign. It's nice, but reminds me of New Years Sales back home...people everywhere, nowhere to park and having to tolerate the proletariat in your personal space.

That aside, you can save a few shillings.
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