Tax-free week is coming up in a couple weeks and that means savings for people buying clothing and shoes.
Clothing and footwear costing less than $100 will be tax-free from Sunday, Aug. 21 to Saturday, Aug. 27, with some exceptions.
Dresses, employee uniforms, jeans, rain jackets, shoes, sneakers, work clothes and more will be exempt.
Certain types of boots, handbags, jewelry, sports helmets, sports uniforms and more are not.
Click here to see what’s exempt and what’s taxable.
For items costing $100 or more, sales tax is calculated on the full purchase price.
“The ‘tax holiday’ has become a staple of Connecticut’s back-to-school shopping season. Many retailers schedule sales to coincide with sales tax-free week, which helps shoppers save even more money because sales tax is applied after the use of any coupons or discounts,” Commissioner Kevin B. Sullivan, of the Department of Revenue Services, said in a statement. “So while the price of an item may start above the $100 taxable threshold, after discounts are applied, it becomes less than $100 and is not subject to sales tax that week.”
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The state expects about $4.5 million in sales and use tax exemptions during the August “tax holiday” week.
