Sales Tax Holiday Tips

Thursday begins the big sales tax holiday. Don't miss this opportunity to stock up on back to school items and SAVE. Lots of stores have great deals out there. Make sure you know the rules and have a shopping list so you don't end up buying things that you don't need.

Here's the quick 411 on what you can and cannot get tax free:

Articles of Clothing including footwear with a sales price of $100 or less per item. Be careful, accessories such as handbags, umbrellas, jewelry, hair products are not exempt.

Personal Computers. A single purchase of $1,500 or less of personal computers and/or related accessories is exempt. If the single purchase exceeds $1,500, the entire transaction is taxable.

General School Supplies. The exemption applies to the purchase of general school supplies with a sales price of $20 or less per item.

See below for the full of exempt items. https://etax.dor.ga.gov/salestax/holiday/2009/index.aspx