Tax Free Week was first enacted in 2000, and applies to most clothing and footwear purchases intended for everyday use.
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Schools in Chester County will begin August 15 and parents shopping for school supplies for their students will have a chance once again this year to purchase many of them tax free as SC goes into the tax-free weekend, beginning on Friday and running through midnight on Sunday.
Tax free weekend wraps up Sunday at midnight.
Typically the weekend before school starts is tax-free.
What Tennesseans actually need is relief from suffocating high sales taxes every day of the year. She said she is happy to save some money. “It will work out for a lot of parents and save a lot of money”.
This year shoppers will be paying a reduced sales tax of three percent.
Due to the holiday, shoppers in West Plains will be able to save more than 4 cents per dollar on purchases of school supplies with the exemption of the state sales tax, which is 4.225 percent.
Academy Sports and Outdoors store director Scotty Guidry said despite the change business has been great.
Several Charlotte-area shopping centers are offering sales and deals Saturday, hoping to keep folks from crossing the border to take advantage of South Carolina’s tax-free weekend.
The city of West Plains also charges an additional 1 percent sales tax in the areas along the US 63 bypass and south USA 160 routes.
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“I mean I think anything would help as far as keeping the extra money in our pockets for other things you know”.
