Upcoming State Sales Tax Holidays!

[Rael]

Several states have sales tax holidays upcoming this weekend, or later this month. Here is a list you can check for your states.

http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/sales_holiday.html

[libertybrewcity]

South Carolina

guns, rifles & handguns

November 26-27

They would have a tax holiday on guns only.

[MelissaWV]

Several states have sales tax holidays upcoming this weekend, or later this month. Here is a list you can check for your states.

http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/sales_holiday.html

It's better than the money going into the Government coffers, but I do notice that a lot of places edge their prices up just before the "holiday" and the savings aren't really that huge in the end (for the consumer).

[Krugerrand]

It's better than the money going into the Government coffers, but I do notice that a lot of places edge their prices up just before the "holiday" and the savings aren't really that huge in the end (for the consumer).

PA has had tax holidays on computers. Many retailers had great deals at the time ... the competition to get the sales then was steep.

[MelissaWV]

PA has had tax holidays on computers. Many retailers had great deals at the time ... the competition to get the sales then was steep.

That's great if that's the way it works there :)

On clothing, in particular, the prices would crawl up slowly in the weeks before... and then the sales would say "50% off!" and "Buy One, Get One Half-Off!" but in reality you weren't really saving much off the bottom line. On electronics, I remember models being "5 per store" like on Black Friday and such, or a good opportunity for the store to get rid of outdated inventory.

But as I said, on the balance that stuff doesn't matter since it's better in a company's pockets than in the Government's.

[Rael]

That's great if that's the way it works there :)

On clothing, in particular, the prices would crawl up slowly in the weeks before... and then the sales would say "50% off!" and "Buy One, Get One Half-Off!" but in reality you weren't really saving much off the bottom line.


Yep, they call that "anchoring".

[Matt Collins]

Policy types think these are bad ideas: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100802/NEWS01/8020336