http://comptroller.texas.gov/taxinfo/taxpubs/tx98_1017.html?platform=hootsuite
this is pretty cool. I just found out that Texas offers this. It is to encourage Texans to stock up on emergency supplies
you can buy generators, coolers, batteries and lots of other things tax free this weekend
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April 23 - 25, 2016
You can purchase certain emergency preparation supplies tax free during the 2016 Emergency Preparation Supplies Sales Tax Holiday. There is no limit on the number of qualifying items you can purchase, and you do not need to issue an exemption certificate to claim the exemption.
This year's holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, April 23, and ends at midnight on Monday, April 25.
These emergency preparation supplies qualify for tax exemption if purchased for a price:
this is pretty cool. I just found out that Texas offers this. It is to encourage Texans to stock up on emergency supplies
you can buy generators, coolers, batteries and lots of other things tax free this weekend
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April 23 - 25, 2016
You can purchase certain emergency preparation supplies tax free during the 2016 Emergency Preparation Supplies Sales Tax Holiday. There is no limit on the number of qualifying items you can purchase, and you do not need to issue an exemption certificate to claim the exemption.
This year's holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, April 23, and ends at midnight on Monday, April 25.
These emergency preparation supplies qualify for tax exemption if purchased for a price:
- Less than $3000
- Portable generators
- Less than $300
- Hurricane shutters
- Emergency ladders
- Less than $75
- Batteries, single or multipack (AAA cell, AA cell, C cell, D cell, 6 volt or 9 volt)
- First aid kits
- Fuel containers
- Ground anchor systems and tie-down kits
- Hatchets
- Axes
- Mobile telephone batteries and mobile telephone chargers
- Nonelectric coolers and ice chests for food storage
- Nonelectric can openers
- Portable self-powered light sources (hand cranked flashlights)
- Portable self-powered radios, including two-way and weather band radios
- Reusable and artificial ice products
- Smoke detectors, fire extinguishers and carbon monoxide detectors
- Tarps and other plastic sheeting