For Da Childrens Weekend
August 3rd, 2007 at 1:11 pm by Preston Taylor HolmesTennessee’s state government spends the year raping its taxpayers with a regressive sales tax every time they purchase a consumer good or service. This weekend is “tax free weekend” on some of those consumer goods. The list is pretty much limited to things related to back-to-school, but there are some items worth investigating.
What items qualify for the sales tax holiday? During the holiday, the following items are exempt from sales and use tax: 1) clothing with a price of $100 or less per item; 2) school and school art supplies with a price of $100 or less per item; and 3) computers with a price of $1,500 or less per item.
How do I claim the exemption?
The exemption is based on the purchase of items that qualify for the holiday. No identification or exemption certificate is required. As long as you purchase an item that qualifies to be sold tax exempt, you should not pay sales tax on the item sold.
More at our taxpayer-funded state website.
Take some time this weekend to stock up on clothes, school supplies and computers and stick it to the state while you can.
h/t Smantix
August 3rd, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Darn. I did not see “Escort Services” on the list…
Hope there is enough to do in Nashville.
August 4th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Are you suggesting
that we move to a more progressive form of taxation?
August 4th, 2007 at 11:18 am
I’d say since tax surpluses keep increasing in the face of massive budget increases that we should lower the sales tax, eliminate Tenncare and give everybody a refund check.
And while we’re at it, put all that lottery money in K-12 education instead of pre-K and conditional in-state college tuition. Notice how the colleges just raised their tuition costs when they did that?
But Smantix, if they put those hundreds of millions into K-12, they can’t come back and ask for money for da chirren because they will always have enough money. Funny how that works.
August 14th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
This will cause your bridges to fall down.