Saturday is a "tax holiday" - Democratic Underground

MissMillie

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Wed Aug-11-04 11:27 AM
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Saturday is a "tax holiday"

Purchases under $2500 (made on Saturday) will be exempt from sales tax. If you were planning such a purchase, Saturday is the day to do it!

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leftyandproud

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Wed Aug-11-04 02:31 PM
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1. but we love paying taxes!

Isn't this taxachusetts? ;)

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Tracer

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Wed Aug-11-04 03:33 PM
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2. Love the quote in today's Globe ...

A man said

"A large purchase is not an impulse item Ñ one must contemplate the need, plan for the purchase, save for the purchase Ñ and then drive to New Hampshire to buy it."

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curse10

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Wed Aug-11-04 07:32 PM
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3. sweet!

I was going to go shopping on Saturday anyway!

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Kat45

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Thu Aug-12-04 04:15 PM
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4. It figures it would be THIS Saturday--I'll be at a party in NH that day

:shrug:

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Bill McBlueState

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Sat Aug-14-04 10:40 PM
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5. did anyone save any money?

I went shopping for my wife's and my dad's birthdays today. I spent around $100, so I saved about $5. Thanks, Mittens!

That almost makes up for the thousands of extra dollars I've had to give UMass over the past few years, due to the diminishing state support for higher ed.

I will cherish my five bucks. :eyes:

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Beer Snob-50

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Wed Aug-18-04 07:14 AM
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9. it was a godsend this past weekend

we are redoing a couple of rooms in our house and saved money on tile and lights for those rooms!!

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welshTerrier2

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Sat Aug-14-04 10:46 PM
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6. we need a double tax day

the idea would be to have a day that would try to discourage the rampant materialism in our society ...

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skippysmom

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Tue Aug-17-04 11:23 AM
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7. They didn't publicize this much

I didn't hear about it till Saturday -- when I was in NY, so it didn't do me any good. I would have bought our new dishwasher. Damn!

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Bill McBlueState

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Tue Aug-17-04 01:36 PM
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8. I know what you mean

Very few of my friends heard about it. I'm not sure how the state would have publicized this more, but I would have expected businesses to make a big deal of it in their advertising.

Lots of stores had window signs advertising it on Saturday, but there wasn't anything like that ahead of time.

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barackmyworld

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Wed Aug-25-04 02:57 AM
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10. New york no tax days

I heard an ad today on 107.9 for a period of tax-free days in New York. That seems like a better way to do it!

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