Sale Tax Holiday
The governor’s office sent along a reminder that this weekend is North Carolina’s sales tax holiday. For new comers:
Consumers will not pay sales tax on: clothes and footwear costing less than $100 per item; school supplies such as pens, pencils, paper, notebooks, textbooks, book bags, lunch bags, encyclopedias, dictionaries and calculators costing less than $100 per item; sports and recreation equipment costing $50 or less per item; athletic and nonathletic uniforms costing $100 or less per item; cycling items such as shoes, shirts and gloves costing $100 or less per item; computers including the central processing unit, monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers totaling less than $3,500.
This year, the state’s 5th annual sales tax holiday starts at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 4 and ends at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6.
There is a comprehensive list of items that qualify for sales tax holiday at the N.C. Department of Revenue’s web site at: http://www.dornc.com/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html
