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Shop DC Tax Free
The District of Columbia will offer its second 2008 Sales Tax Holiday beginning at 12:01 am Saturday, August 2 through midnight Sunday, August 10. The Sales Tax holiday grants an exemption from the 5.75 percent sales tax for school supplies, clothes, shoes, and accessory items. To qualify, each item must cost $100 or less.
The sales tax exemption will apply to each eligible item, no matter how many items are on the bill. The exemption also applies to layaway sales if the retailer and customer enter into a layaway agreement during the exemption period or the customer makes final payment on the layaway order during the exemption period.
| Clothes (clothing) |
Any article of apparel for humans, including pants, shirts and blouses, dresses, coats, jackets, belts, hats, undergarments, and multiple-piece garments sold as a set, if $100 or less. |
| Shoes |
All footwear, except skis, swim fins, roller blades, and roller-skates. |
| Accessory Items |
Jewelry, non-prescription eyeglasses, watches, watchbands, handbags, handkerchiefs, umbrellas, gloves, scarves, ties, headbands, hats, belts and belt buckles, and other traditional accessory items. |
| School Supplies |
Pens, pencils, stationery, art supplies, book bags, lunch boxes, calculators, and other items purchased for educational use in the classroom, at home, or for any school activity. |
For additional tax information, please call our Customer Service Center at (202) 727-4TAX (4829).
Retailer Guidelines
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