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August
2010 Sales Tax Holiday: School Supplies and Clothing
Dear Friends:
From Friday, August
6, 2010 through Sunday, August 8, 2010 there will be a sales
tax holiday, intended to relieve the financial burden on
families preparing for the start of the school year.
A complete list of
eligible items can be found by clicking the “Sales Tax
Holiday” logo on the Virginia Tax Department’s website:
www.tax.virginia.gov.
Below is a partial list of the
supplies that qualify. I hope this information will
prove useful to you.
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School
Supplies
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Items
on the School Supplies list must cost $20 or less per
item, and must be intended for use in school or in
connection with a school activity.
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- Binder
Pockets
- Binders
- Blackboard
chalk
- Book
bags
- Calculators
- Cellophane
tape
- Clay
and glazes
- Compasses
- Composition
books
- Crayons
- Dictionaries
and thesauruses
- Dividers
- Erasers
(including dry erase marker erasers and dry erase marker cleaning
solution)
- Folders:
expandable, pocket, plastic, and manila
- Glue,
paste, and paste sticks
- Highlighters
- Index
card boxes
- Index
cards
- Legal
pads
- Lunch
boxes
- Markers
(including dry erase markers and dry erase marker kits)
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- Musical
instruments, musical instrument accessories, and
replacement items for musical instruments
- Notebooks
- Paintbrushes
for artwork
- Paints
(acrylic, tempera, and oil)
- Paper:
loose leaf ruled notebook paper, copy paper, graph paper,
tracing paper, manila paper, colored paper, poster
board and construction paper
- Pencil
boxes and other school supply boxes
- Pencil
sharpeners
- Pencils
- Pens
- Protractors
- Reference
books
- Reference
maps and globes
- Rulers
- Scissors
- Sheet
music
- Sketch
and drawing pads
- Textbooks
- Watercolors
- Workbooks
- Writing
tablets
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Clothing
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Items
on the Clothing list must cost $100 or less per item, and meet
the government approved
definition of clothing.
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- Aprons,
household and shop
- Athletic
supporters
- Baby
bibs and clothes
- Baby
receiving blankets
- Bandanas
- Bathing
suits, swim trunks, cover-ups and bathing caps
- Beach capes and coats
- Belts and suspenders
- Bibs
- Boots
- Choir and altar clothing
- Clerical vestments
- Coats, jackets, and windbreakers
- Corsets and corset laces
- Costumes (sold not rented)
- Coveralls
- Diapers, children and adult, including
disposable diapers
- Dresses
- Ear muffs
- Footlets
- Formal wear for men and women (sold, not
rented)
- Fur coats and stoles, shawls and wraps
- Garters and garter belts
- Girdles
- Gloves and mittens for general use
- Golf clothing, caps, dresses, shirts,
skirts, pants
- Gym suits and uniforms
- Hats and caps
- Hosiery
- Insoles,
inserts for shoes
- Jeans
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- Jerseys (both athletic and non-athletic)
- Lab coats
- Legwarmers
- Leotards and tights
- Lingerie
- Neckwear,
including bow ties, neckties, and scarves
- Nightgowns
- Overshoes
and rubber shoes
- Pajamas
- Pantyhose
- Raincoats,
rain hats, and ponchos
- Robes
- Rubber
pants
- Rubber
thong/flip-flops
- Sandals
- Scarves
- Shirts
and blouses
- Shoes
and shoe laces
- Shorts
- Skirts
- Slacks
- Slippers
- Slips
- Sneakers
- Socks
and stockings, including athletic socks
- Steel
toed shoes
- Suits
- Suspenders
- Underwear
- Uniforms,
athletic and non-athletic
- Vests
- Wedding
apparel, including veils (sold not rented)
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