MA Small Businesses Hope Sales Tax Holiday Weekend Provides Much Needed Boost

BOSTON (CBS) – After a dormant spring, retailers hope the tax free weekend will provide a much needed boost.

"If people come in they’ll find something they want and buy it and be happy about it," said Mike Buglio, owner of Arlington’s Book Rack – now in its 45th year of business. "But you’ve got to get them out of the house because it’s so hard these days."

For many small businesses, that was a challenge even before Covid-19 hit. Now they’re hoping a busy sales tax holiday weekend will be the jump start they desperately need.

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