2012年7月31日 星期二

Local retailers prepare for sales tax holiday

Alabama’s sales tax holiday on school supplies is set to begin Friday,watchreplicaSailors in the Navy's surface fleet are spending 80-plus hours a week on the job, and local merchants are excited about the opportunity to boost sales and unload summer merchandise.

The holiday, which will run from Friday Aug. 3 until Sunday Aug.Our wintert-shirts Store Provide Fashion Cheap Nike Shox NZ, 5, exempts clothing and shoes that cost less than $100,Visit captoesandals for Christian Louboutin. school supplies like notebooks, paper and pens and computer hardware and certain software costing less than $750 from sales taxes.

Retailers like the holiday because they say it brings more business into their stores, as the exemption from state and local sales taxes can result in significant savings for shoppers.Shop discounted buychristianlouboutin,

“Outside of Black Friday and Christmas, it’s one of our biggest weekends of the year,” Dustin Lee, Eagle Eye Outfitters store manager said.

Johnnie Golden, Ronnie’s Men’s and Boy’s Wear manager, said his store typically sees sales increases of up to 50 percent. Golden said the event helps his store sell off summer merchandise to prepare for the fall.

Although sales taxes aren’t being collected on the school related items, the revenue loss for the state is offset by increased sales of non-exempt items as economic activity increases during the holiday weekend, Alison Wingate, vice president of the Alabama Retail Association, said.

Wingate said sales tax collections for the month of August have increased each of the six years the sales tax holiday has been held except for one.

“It’s been a win-win for everyone,” she said.Nothing flatters the foot like a beautifully made sandalheelshoes.

Wingate said an added benefit of the holiday is increased work hours for retail employees, which allows them to bring home bigger paychecks.

“Everyone’s looking for more hours these days,” she said.

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