Tax Free Weekend

It would be really nice if our state would have one. No such luck. Glad you could save some money, it is amazing how much you can save, if you just don't have to pay taxes.

Wow, you are very fortunate. Our state does not have a tax free weekend. They are out for every penny that they can get! My daughter is leaving for college and needs numerous things...it is becoming quite expensive! Does your state do this every year or was this a first-time thing? That is a very nice thing for your law-makers to do for its citizens!

Yes we do, 6% sales tax here in Georgia. I bought a new computer on Tuseday evening and I had thought of waiting a couple of days for the tax break but as the Compaq computer I bought was on sale when I purchased it I would not have saved very much waiting as it would not have been on sale anymore.

I don't know if we have a tax free weekend here or not. I've never noticed it in the papers or anything, so I'm guessing not. My husband is in the military, though, and we don't have to pay taxes on things we buy at the BX. The BX also price matches anything that is on sale at another store, so we get some really good deals a lot of times anyway. I just wish the BX had pull ups or Easy Ups! lol They just have regular Pampers and Huggies diapers, though. I bet you did save a lot with such a high tax rate. I think ours is 7.25% here. We try not to make big purchases without checking to make sure there is no way we can get the same thing on base.

One of the few good things about living in Delaware is, there's no sales tax 24/7. When I lived in Philly, I used to ride down here for my major purchses, computer, stereo, etc. I also would come here sometimes if I had a lot of taxable items to buy, like for parties and such. I have a hard time when I travel to other states, I am out of the habit of adding the extra percents in my head.

We have tax-free weekend as well. There are so many things that are available to be "non-taxed", so I figured that I wouldn't read the fine print before I went shopping for my new apartment. I knew that it was mainly back to school items that were tax-free so I went to town and started throwing things into my cart. I even found a new desk. (Desk, yes, that reminds me of school) When I started to pay, they told me that furniture wasn't tax-free. I just bought a new desk thinking it was tax free, but nope! I was kind of ill, desks are school supplies!

We have something similar to that but most people don't relize it because it is only one day. And it's in April. We get a tax free day the day taxes are due. So around April 15

Wow! That's awesome! I don't think we have such a thing here. But my word! Your taxes are painfully high!

hi cynddvs... we dont have that tax free weekend here, but from time to time, malls have like a 3 days sale, happening every other end of the month, i sometimes avail of that opportunity if i can stand the crowded malls..lol it would be nice though to have a tax free weekend, ours is 12% vat,