Sales Tax Free Weekend Coming Up in Oklahoma

Target is offering a $5 gift card when you spend $25 on school supplies when you bring in a coupon from their weekly ad from this week.

“The reality is that they want to come to school looking well, too”. Texas Comptroller, Glenn Hegar advises that this year, shoppers will save an estimated 87-million-dollars in state and local sales taxes during the sales tax holiday; which has been an annual event since 1999.

“It gives us more time to do what we need to do”, said one Wal-Mart shopper.

Keep in mind that you still may have to pay local sales tax if the municipality or county you’re shopping in doesn’t adhere to the state tax weekend or holiday. If you are charged sales tax on an eligible item, report the instance to the store’s customer service department, or, if necessary, the Iowa Department of Revenue and Finance.

Ohio legislators approved the sales tax holiday, and the timing is meant to help families with back-to-school shopping.

Adamsville resident Leah Wilmont has two school-age children and says she waits until the tax-free weekend to buy their school supplies.

Tax-free items during the holiday include clothing, footwear, wallets and bags priced up to $100 per item, school supplies priced $15 or less, and the first $750 of a personal computer or related accessories.

N-F-I-B State director Dawn Starns says this is great timing because the last few months a lot of small businesses have been suffering.

The Federation of Tax Administrators’ website shows 12 states, including South Carolina, will offer tax-free holidays this weekend.

Computer software – taxable value of $350 or less per purchase. “Some states have different items and longer holiday periods, but it’s your delivery address”, said Boyce Smith, general manager of Walmart in Aloca.