2005 State Sales Tax Holidays

By Kernkate on Sunday, August 7, 2005 - 09:30 pm:

No Holiday for Pennsylvania Darn!

By Missmudd on Sunday, August 7, 2005 - 10:46 pm:

Oregon has no sales tax , unfortunately we do have income and property taxes

By Crystal915 on Monday, August 8, 2005 - 12:24 am:

Someone put the whole tax holiday in perspective for me once. If you have a 7% sales tax, you're only saving $7 per $100. Granted, I'm ALL for saving, but I can find that kind of savings during a good sale without battling the CRAZY crowds usually seen on the tax holiday. (At least it's crazy in TX!!) Ask me again in a few years if I'd changed my mind!! LOL

By Colette on Monday, August 8, 2005 - 07:08 am:

Love living on the border of NH....:0) No sales tax.

By Karen~moderator on Monday, August 8, 2005 - 07:31 am:

Plenty of it here in LA, but as expected, no tax holiday here...

By Reds9298 on Monday, August 8, 2005 - 09:10 am:

Never heard of a tax holiday, so I guess none here in Indiana.

By Paulas on Monday, August 8, 2005 - 05:41 pm:

We don't have provincial sales tax here in Alberta but we do have GST (federal). However, you never pay GST on school supplies or children's clothing anyway (I think )

By Karefl on Monday, August 8, 2005 - 10:07 pm:

We have a sales tax holiday here in FL. I haven't gone since the first year though b/c it's CRAZY time at all of the stores! LOL Since I homeschool I don't have to rush out for suppies anyways. The 7% saving wasn't worth the mad house to get the stuff. I just wait a couple of weeks & shop the clearance rack! LOL

By Kay on Monday, August 8, 2005 - 11:07 pm:

I live in Texas, and everybody seemed to be taking it in stride. The crowds weren't bad at all in the usually crowded malls in our area, etc. Saving 8.25% percent, PLUS all the great sales they had paid off for us - but I only had one to shop for this time around.

The trick is to only buy what you normally would buy this time of year anyway, and not go overboard.