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Sales Tax Holiday is This Weekend

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For one weekend each year, leading up to the start of the new school year, Tennessee consumers may purchase certain goods tax-free. The 2019 sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 26 and ends Sunday, July 28 at 11:59 p.m.
Exempt from taxes this weekend are most clothing items and school and art supplies priced at $100 or less and most computers priced at $1,500. Anyone, not just students, can buy qualifying items tax-free. However, items purchased must be for personal use and may not be for business or trade use.
Clothing items that qualify include general apparel such as shirts, pants, jackets, socks, shoes and dresses. Items that are normally sold together, such as shoes, cannot be split up to stay beneath the $100 threshold. Items that do not qualify and are still taxable include jewelry, handbags and sports and recreation equipment.

School and art supplies that qualify include items such as binders, books, backpacks, crayons, paper, pens, pencils, rulers, glazes, clay, paint, drawing pads and artist paintbrushes.
Computers that qualify include desktop and laptop computers as well as tablets. Items that do not qualify and are still taxable include computer parts, such as keyboards and monitors, not sold with a CPU; storage media, such as flash drives and compact discs; individually-purchased software; video game consoles; printers and printer supplies; electronic readers and personal digital assistants; and cell phones, including smart phones.
For more information, including comprehensive lists of exempt and non-exempt items, visit www.tntaxholiday.com.

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