Hey Everyone, I don't know if this is going on in all the states or not but here in Texas on August 7,8, and 9th there will be no taxes on clothes or shoes as long as the clothing is not over 100.00 a piece. So now might be a good time to get some extra shoes and clothes. From what I understand all stores are in on this. Not alot of help but every little bit does help. Happy Shoppin'

-- shellie (shellie01@hotmail.com), August 04, 1999

Answers

Hi Shellie! It's actually the 6th, 7th and 8th. (Race ya to the store on Friday morning??) :-)

-- Gayla (privacy@please.com), August 04, 1999.

Gayla, OOPS! oh well thanks for the correction....LOL...getting a head start...Take care.

-- shellie (shellie01@hotmail.com), August 04, 1999.

It continues to grow, the grab for liquid assets and cash. This precedes the the next step, which will be a trickle of inflation, then a gush. Your dollars will begin to shrink quickly,.. sooner than later.

Just my perception of a past soon revisited.

-- Michael (mikeymac@uswest.net), August 04, 1999.

So what? It is in effect no different than any other kind of sale or discount.

Sales tax is a tax on the MERCHANT for the "privilege" of being allowed to sell stuff for you.

This tax would be legal if on corporations [creatures of the state] only, and not on natural persons doing business as individuals, partnerships, or trusts.
But what is legality to the state? As far as state officials are concerned, they are exempt from following their laws and their oaths of office, but they will sure hold your feet to the fire if they're after your ass.

Anyway, the merchant "owes" the tax. They generally just add it on your bill so that YOU pay it. But they don't have to, so you have "no sales tax sales" from time to time. If the merchant doesn't collect the tax from you, he has to pay it out of whatever you do give him. The state doesn't care, in the case of sales taxes, where the money comes from, as long as they get it.

-- A (A@AisA.com), August 04, 1999.

bold off -- tried to catch it before posting went through.

-- A (A@AisA.com), August 04, 1999.

Looks like I (we) should put in a couple of extra "end" tags at the end of a messge just to make sure that any "beginning" tags are "neutralized."

-- A (A@AisA.com), August 04, 1999.

A, You may most certainly be correct as I have never known that before and I have never seen or heard of a no sales tax sale. I just figured it was because school was starting soon and people were buying alot of school clothes. I wouldn't have mentioned just a small sale at a local store but seeing as it is state wide I thought it was worth posting to those who live here in Texas and are including lots of clothes and shoes for their families for the new year and saving money is hard to do when you are preparing for an uncertain future. Take care.

-- shellie (shellie01@hotmail.com), August 04, 1999.

Shellie, I for one am VERY happy about the sale. In Houston the sales tax is 8 1/4% and adds up in a hurry!

"A" there has not been a moratorium on sales tax in Houston during the 27 years I have lived here, so I'm not sure what you're talking about. I intend to buy socks, underwear, etc. that are already on sale, plus I will save the sales tax. Pretty good deal in my book.

-- Gayla (privacy@please.com), August 04, 1999.

New York (not sure if its New York state or just NYC) has the same thing, but I don't remember when.

-- biker (y2kbiker@worldnet.att.net), August 04, 1999.

NY State did it as a test a couple years ago, just before school, but as a test to see if sales would rise, as PA has no tax on clothes, and a lot of the border dwellers DO cross the border to save the 8 or 10 percent.

Chuck

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), August 05, 1999.

I have seen many times in California various merchants advertising tied in to various seasonal events "no sales tax" as a promotional come on.

What you, Shellie and Chuck, are saying is that the state itself is actually going to "forgive" the merchant from paying sales tax on sales during a given time period??

If so, good thing the merchants and states have computers to keep track of that bookkeeping b.s. :-)

-- A (A@AisA.com), August 05, 1999.

The same thing is going on here in Florida this week. It's not a merchant sponsored sale, it's a state tax break. Since we have no state income tax (and neither does Texas I think) they can't give us a tax break on our state tax returns, so they do it this way. The second part of our tax refund, as it were, is a rebate applied on our electric bill sometime this fall.

-- Bob (bob@bob.bob), August 05, 1999.

link to the Florida tax free days FAQ

-- Bob (bob@bob.bob), August 05, 1999.

New York State has, for each of the last two years, made the week between Christmas and New Year's Day a "sales tax free" period where all sales that would normally be subject to the tax are exempt.

-- Paul Neuhardt (neuhardt@ultranet.com), August 05, 1999.