Tax-Free Weekend Coming Soon

Back-to-school season is right around the corner; thankfully for parents and college students and other consumers throughout Lexington so is South Carolina's annual sales-tax holiday.

The state's 2011 sales-tax holiday weekend will begin Friday, Aug. 5, at 12:01 a.m. and end Sunday, Aug. 7, at midnight, according to the S.C. Department of Revenue.

During this time, the 6 percent state sales and use tax, and any applicable local sales and use tax, will not be imposed on clothing, clothing accessories (e.g., hats, scarves, hosiery, and handbags), footwear, school supplies (e.g., pens, pencils, paper, binders, notebooks, books, bookbags, lunchboxes, and calculators), computers, printers and printer supplies, computer software, and bath wash clothes, blankets, bed spreads, bed linens, sheet sets, comforter sets, bath towels, shower curtains, bath rugs and mats, pillows, and pillow cases. 

The sales tax holiday, however, does not apply to sales of items such as jewelry, cosmetics, eyewear, wallets, watches, furniture, rental of clothing or footwear, items for use in a business, or items placed on layaway or similar deferred payment and delivery plans.

For an official and exhaustive list of tax-exempt and non-exempt items, click here.