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With the start of school just around the corner, parents from across the New River Valley will want to take advantage of the state’s back-to-school tax holiday this weekend, in which consumers can purchase back to school items, including clothing, without paying the state sales tax.
“We waited till the tax-free weekend last year to buy our kids school supplies and clothing needs and we saved around $250,” said Angela Whitten of Christiansburg. “With four kids, we will do the same thing this weekend. Every little bit we can save helps us with other things.” Not only do the consumers like the tax break, but also retailers enjoy the weekend as sales increase. “This is one of our biggest weekends as far as school-related sales go, “ said Melissa Walls, a manager at the Christiansburg Wal-Mart. “We are very busy.” This year will mark the third year in which Virginia has offered the back-to-school tax holiday and according to the Virginia Department of Taxation, taxpayers are expected to save $4 million this year, compared to last year’s savings of $3.8 million. Staring at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Aug 1 and concluding on Sunday, Aug. 3, consumers will not have to pay the five (5) percent sales tax on school supplies priced up to $20 per item and clothing and shoes costing up to $100. School Supplies items, which are tax exempt, include the following:
1• Binders/Binder Pockets
2• Blackboard chalk
3• Book bags
4• Calculators
5• Cellophane tape
6• Clay and glazes
7• Compasses
8• Composition books
9• Crayons
10• Dictionaries and thesauruses
11• Dividers
12• Erasers (including dry erase marker erasers and dry erase marker cleaning solution)
13• Folders: expandable, pocket, plastic, and manila
14• Glue, paste, and paste sticks
15• Highlighters
16• Index card boxes
17• Index cards
18• Legal pads
19• Lunch boxes
20• Markers (including dry erase markers and dry erase marker kits)
21• Musical instruments, musical instrument accessories, and replacement items for musical instruments
22• Notebooks
23• Paintbrushes for artwork
24• Paints (acrylic, tempera, and oil)
1• Paper: loose leaf ruled notebook paper, copy paper, graph paper, tracing paper, manila paper, colored paper, poster board and construction paper
2• Pencil boxes and other school supply boxes
3• Pencil sharpeners
4• Pencils
5• Pens
6• Protractors
7• Reference books
8• Reference maps and globes
9• Rulers
10• Scissors
11• Sheet music
12• Sketch and drawing pads
13• Textbooks
14• Watercolors
15• Workbooks; and
16• Writing tablets
The Clothing and Shoes items, which are also tax exempt, include: 1• Aprons, household and shop
2• Athletic supporters
3• Baby bibs and clothes
4• Baby receiving blankets
5• Bandanas
6• Bathing suits, swim trunks, cover-ups and bathing caps
7• Beach capes and coats
8• Belts and suspenders
9• Bibs
10• Boots
11• Choir and altar clothing
12• Clerical vestments
13• Coats, jackets, and windbreakers
14• Corsets and corset laces
15• Costumes (sold not rented)
16• Coveralls
17• Diapers, children and adult, including disposable diapers
18• Dresses
19• Ear muffs
20• Footlets
21• Formal wear for men and women (sold, not rented)
22• Fur coats and stoles, shawls and wraps
23• Garters and garter belts
24• Girdles
25• Gloves and mittens for general use
26• Gym suits and uniforms
27• Hats and caps
28• Hosiery
1• Insoles, inserts for shoes
2• Jeans
3• Jerseys (both athletic and non-athletic)
4• Lab coats
5• Legwarmers
6• Leotards and tights
7• Lingerie
8• Neckwear, including bow ties, neckties, and scarves
9• Nightgowns
10• Overshoes and rubber shoes
11• Pajamas
12• Pantyhose
13• Raincoats, rain hats, and ponchos
14• Robes
15• Rubber pants
16• Rubber thong/flip-flops
17• Sandals
18• Scarves
19• Shirts and blouses
20• Shoes and shoe laces
21• Shorts
22• Skirts
23• Slacks
24• Slippers
25• Slips
26• Sneakers
27• Socks and stockings, including athletic socks
28• Steel toed shoes
29• Suits
30• Suspenders
31• Underwear
32• Uniforms, athletic and non-athletic
33• Vests
34• Wedding apparel, including veils (sold not rented) Items such as computers, briefcases, watches, jewelery, sunglasses and cosmetics are not tax exempt.
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