Sales Tax Holiday August 7- 9

Recent legislation combined our 3 tax holidays into one big blowout weekend event!  That means qualifying items can be purchased all weekend long just in time for back to school shopping!  Not only can you get all the clothes, shoes and notebooks you need for the school year tax-free, you can also upgrade your home with qualifying Energy Star and WaterSense products.  

School Supplies, Clothing and Footwear:

• School supplies— $20 or less per item
• Clothing and footwear— $100 or less per item

Hurricane and Emergency Preparedness Items:

• Portable generators— $1,000 or less per item
• Gas powered chainsaws— $360 or less per item
• Chainsaw accessories— $60 or less per item
• Other specified hurricane preparedness items with a sales price of $60 or less per item.

Energy Star and WaterSense Items:

• Qualified Energy Star items include dishwashers, clothes washers air conditioners, ceiling fans, light bulbuls, dehumidifiers and refrigerators
• Qualifying WaterSense items include bathroom sink faucets, faucet accessories such as aerators and shower heads, toilets urinals and landscape irrigation controllers.

For more info on what is going to be tax-free this weekend, visit http://www.tax.virginia.gov/