State tax-free holiday weekends on horizon | savannahnow.com

Everyone likes a bargain, and most would agree there’s something especially satisfying to the psyche when that bargain includes freedom from paying sales tax.

Such will be the case this weekend in South Carolina and the following weekend in Georgia as tax holidays go into effect just in time to coincide with back-to-school sales.

For South Carolinians — and those Georgia shoppers heading across the river — the sales-tax-free period kicks off Friday morning and continues through the end of the day Sunday.

Clothing, shoes, handbags, school supplies, book bags, computers, printers, bedspreads and linens are among the tax-free items. But not everything is included. Sales tax will still be charged on such items as jewelry, cosmetics, eyewear, furniture and items on layaway.

The rules will be much the same the following Friday and Saturday in Georgia, although the state department of revenue imposes some price limitations — articles of clothing and footwear cannot be more than $100 for a single item, and tax-free computer purchases are limited to the first $1,000.

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