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Article: SO SALEM NEWS
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- August 7, 2009
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Virginia Tax-Free Holiday today through Sunday
Virginia's annual tax-free holiday on back-to-school supplies
starts today and runs through Sunday, Aug. 9.
For these three days, clothing, shoes and certain school supplies
are exempt of the state's 5 percent sales tax.
The school supplies must be priced at $20 or less to be tax free.
Clothing, shoes and other select items must be $100 or less to
qualify.
For a list of all purchases that will be tax free, see The
Notebook on sosalem.com
Also, some retailers often decide to make other items tax-free
during this weekend and absorb the sales tax themselves.
For instance, Wal-Mart says it will absorb the sales tax on all
electronics, photography ...