Tax free Hurricane supplies for Florida June 1st to the 12th.

Florida Department of Revenue


Tax Information Publication





TIP 05A01-01


Date Issued: May 10, 2005






http://taxlaw.state.fl.us/sut_out.asp?r=05A01%2D01%0D%0A+In+%23%5B&file=sut_tip.ask

Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday


June 1, 2005, through June 12, 2005





Florida law provides that no sales tax or discretionary sales surtax (also known as a local option sales tax) will be collected on the sale or purchase of certain items related to hurricane preparedness for the first 12 days of the 2005 hurricane season. This special sales tax holiday will begin at 12:01 a.m., June 1, 2005, and will end at midnight, June 12, 2005.





This special sales tax holiday DOES NOT apply to clothing, books, or school supplies.





The sales tax exemption applies to each eligible item regardless of the number of items sold on the same invoice to a customer. If the sales price of a qualifying item exceeds the allowable threshold amount, this exemption will not apply. The exemption DOES NOT apply to the leasing of a qualified item.





The following items are specifically identified as being eligible for this special sales tax holiday for hurricane preparedness:

If not, I imagine there'll be a lot of trucks driving into florida and loading up on building supplies.

I don't know the answer to that one.

Where's the REAL hurricane necessities? Like cases of hard liquor and cartons of cigarettes? We need powerful rum drinks to outlast disasters, dammit!

Ain't that cute?