Sales taxes, which are 8.25% in most Texas counties, will be left off receipts next weekend in Texas on purchases of all kinds of emergency supplies. It’s a...
Some ladders will be tax-free this weekend in Texas.Sales taxes, which are 8.25% in most Texas counties, will be left off receipts next weekend in Texas on purchases of all kinds of emergency supplies.
It’s a shopping list that any doomsdayer or survivalist would find irresistible. But it’s really just for anyone who likes to be prepared.but other items such as chainsaws, camping stoves and supplies are not tax exempt. Shoppers can catch a break starting at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 23, through midnight Monday, April 25.
The Sales Tax Holiday for Emergency Supplies is made for those unpredictable times in Texas when impending misfortune and disaster strike. Think Hurricane Harvey in 2017, the Texas deep freeze of 2021 and the more frequent tornadoes. Hatchets and axes are on the list. Guns and ammo are not. Neither are food survival kits because food isn’t taxed in Texas. So if your source for dehydrated potato slices with a 25-year shelf life is collecting sales tax, it’s pocketing that money and needs to be reported.“The sale, storage, use and other consumption of firearm safety equipment is tax-free,” according to the Texas comptroller’s website.
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