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Article: Fort Worth, Texas-Area Retailers Promote Sales-Tax Holiday.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- August 1, 2002
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By April Marciszewski, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 1--In preparation for the fourth annual Texas sales tax holiday before school starts signs were put up inside the entrances at Hulen Mall.
Texans can save by buying their back-to-school clothing this weekend, but the fourth annual sales-tax holiday might not be a boon to retailers or the state.
The state will waive its 8.25 percent sales tax Friday through Sunday on most clothing, including such items as diapers, uniforms, jeans and shorts.
Last year, August clothing sales in Texas grew a modest 1.2 percent, or about $13.6 million. And ...