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Texas sales tax holiday Aug. 15-17
11:13 AM CDT on Friday, August 15, 2008
Details on the tax free holiday
AUSTIN—The 10th annual Texas sales tax holiday runs from Aug. 15-17.
It is during this weekend that families will be out buying clothing and supplies needed to send children back to school.
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs announced that most clothing and shoes priced less than $100, with some exceptions, can be purchased tax free that weekend.
Combs estimates that shoppers will save about $54 million.
Some tax free items will include coats, diapers, hooded shirts and sweat shirts, jeans, suits and underclothes.
Taxes must still be paid on wallets, watches, handbags, jewelry and roller blades and skates.
Combs says the tax loss is not expected to have a significant impact on Texas sales tax collections.
She says Texas sales tax revenue “continues to grow at a healthy pace.”
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