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Sales Tax Holiday

By Christine Anne Piesyk | August 2, 2006 |

Tennessee has declared the weekend of August 4-5-6 its first “sales tax holiday.” For anyone buying school supplies, clothing and related items, including computers, the savings could be substantial.

The items covered by this tax relief program include paper, pens, calculators, markers, notebooks, crayons, folders, reference books, bookbags/backpacks, and all other school/desk supplies. The program also covers clothing, including coats, jackets, boots, shoes, gym clothes, jeans, pants, shirts, raingear, school uniforms, undergarments and nightwear. The program does not cover accessories such as jewelry.

Among the more expensive items covered are computer systems and its preloaded software, cables, keyboards, mouse, laptops, notebooks, printers, ink, and disks. The program does not cover PDAs and MP3 players.

The state defines school supplies as items “used by a student in a course of study.” The tax relief program covers layways made during the tax-free weekend. Most major stores including WalMart have posted lists of supplies required by specific schools and grade levels.

About Christine Anne Piesyk

With 40 years behind me (Huh? What? How did that happen?) as a journalist, feature writer, investigative reporter, editor, and film/theater/arts critic, I brought my liberal New England activism to Tennessee several years ago. having completed a midlife undergraduate degree in community organizing and women's studies, and an MA in Interdisciplinary Arts. I am currently an MFA student at Goddard College. I served on Future Search Commissions for two colleges and an issue-specific commission for the City of Northampton, MA, and did minor undergraduate work in studies in urban planning and community development. I am a community volunteer and a member of FreeThinkers for Peace and Civil Liberties. I am a certified storm spotter. In my spare time (define spare time please?) I am a voracious reader, obsessive movie buff, classical music junkie; I also and design and make sci-fi/fantasy and renaissance costumes. I have an unquenchable interest in just about everything. I see life as an ongoing opportunity for learning and adventure, with the best things still to come. All posts by Christine Anne Piesyk as presented on Clarksville Online are copyright ©2006, 2007 to the author.

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