Virginia State Route 620 (Fairfax and Loudoun Counties) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Back-To-School Sales Tax Holidays

The advent of "Back-To-School," comes each year in the United States at the beginning of August, and in sixteen states across the country this also means a weekend of sales tax holidays. This tax-free weekend is meant to allow parents a bit of a break when purchasing back-to-school supplies, uniforms, and books. During weekend of August 2-4, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia host their sales tax holidays. The weekend of August 9-11, Georgia and Texas run their holidays, and Maryland runs its holiday all week, from the eleventh until the seventeenth, as does Connecticut, spanning August 18-24.