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Profile: Tax holidays in certain states allowing shoppers to purchase goods with no sales tax
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August 16, 2001
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Profile: Tax holidays in certain states allowing shoppers to purchase
goods with no sales tax
Host: ALEX CHADWICK
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon
ALEX CHADWICK, host:
To help parents with back-to-school clothes for kids, seven states
and the District of Columbia all exempt certain goods from the sales
tax for several days before the new school year begins. Maryland'
s one of those states. Clothing and shoes costing less than $100 per
item are tax free until the close of business today from the usual
5 percent sales tax. And it's much to the delight of shoppers.
Mr. BELINDA MOORE: Hi. My name is Belinda Moore and I'm here shopping
from Silver Spring, ...
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