Attention Maryland Shoppers!

[bjarvis]

While stopping at a state welcome center to pick up a new map of Maryland --our prior one vanished when the 1998 minivan was stolen back in March-- I noticed an announcement on the desk: Maryland has a sales tax holiday on clothing coming up!


In August 23-27, certain clothing items individually priced $100 or less will be exempt from the state's 5% sales tax. This includes sweaters, shirts, slacks, jeans, dresses, robes, underwear, belts, shoes & boots. It does not include jewelry, watches, handbags, umbrellas, scarves, ties, headbands or belt buckles.

Each item has to be less than $100 by itself, although the total bill can be more than $100. An item priced more than $100 will have sales tax applied to the entire price of the item.

This should be a big help for parents prepping their kids for school. I wasn't particularly shopping for clothes for myself, but it's now worth waiting a month to save a few extra dollars.

Click here for more info.

Comments

[madknits.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure why Mass is called Taxachusetts. We don't have any tax on clothing under $250 and there's no tax on food in grocery stores.

We're having a tax holiday on everything next month too.

[bigfundrew.livejournal.com]

hehe...yeah...I reminded the exwife about this when she called to tell me she just finished doing back to school shopping...hehe

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

That is funny... when I first noticed the tag about the sales tax holiday, I immediately thought of you shopping for the kids.

[bigfundrew.livejournal.com]

everybody still needs new shoes...so it's still good!

[cuyahogarvr.livejournal.com]

Shopping for school supplies, clothes and shoes always reminded me of rollerderby. Some of those mothers were viciuos. It's great that Maryland is helping out the parents but it's awful close to the beginning of the school year. It could get bloody.

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

Texas also has this. It results in a weekend retail orgy.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

If I do any shoppping, it'll be on a week day to avoid the crowds. At the moment, however, all I can think to get is replacement walking shoes.