Get your back-to-school shopping list together and take advantage of the statewide August sales-tax holiday that begins Friday and runs through Sunday.
Tax-exempt items include clothing, footwear, school supplies, school instructional materials, sports and recreation equipment, computers and computer supplies.
The Shoe Department, 124 Fiddlers Run Blvd., is gearing up for the big weekend with sales on shoes and plans for extended store hours, manager Linda Banales said.
The tax-free weekend usually brings a boost in sales, and Banales said she expects an even bigger crowd this year as consumers with tight budgets come out to take advantage of tax-free items.
And the customers are not only parents bringing their school children, Banalaes said.Other consumers come out for tax-free items, too.
“Right now, a lot of people are looking to see what we’ve got,” she said, “and then they say they will come back and buy” on the tax-free weekend.
David Goins, assistant manager of Big Lots, 160 Fiddlers Run Blvd., said the store has scheduled several cashiers for the weekend to ready itself for the influx of customers.
“It’s an improvement on sales due to the fact that customers are looking for that extra savings,” Goins said. “We will definitely be well-stocked and ready to go.”
Goins said the back-to-school shoppers tend to come out the first 15 days of August, and the tax-free weekend is an added benefit to the customers.
Big Lots hasn’t forgotten about the teachers who need supplies, too, he said. They can receive 10 percent off their purchases on Aug. 14.
According to the N.C. Department of Revenue, the sales-tax exemption for certain items begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday and continues to one minute before midnight Sunday. Tax-exempt items include clothing (such as shirts, pants, dresses, coats, jackets, hats, hosiery and scarves, but also including underwear and lingerie, baby blankets, aprons, lab coats, costumes, bandannas, swimwear, diapers and jogging suits), footwear (shoes, boots, sandals and even insoles) and school supplies of $100 or less per item; school instructional materials of $300 or less per item; sports and recreation equipment of $50 or less per item; computers of $3,500 or less per item; and computer supplies of $250 or less per item.
Not exempted from sales tax are clothing accessories, jewelry, cosmetics, protective equipment, wallets, furniture, items used in a trade or business (such as uniforms), rentals and computer-related peripherals (monitors, keyboards, a mouse or speakers) if they are not purchased with a computer. Printers are exempt, as are personal digital assistant devices and calculators, but cell phones are not exempt from tax.
For a full list of tax-exempt items visit http://www.dor.state.nc.us/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html.
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