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Apple Reminding Shoppers of Upcoming 'Sales Tax Holiday' Discounts

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As spotted by iClarified, Apple is now reminding customers of upcoming "sales tax holidays" that allow residents in several US states to purchase select Apple gear without paying an additional sales tax charge. Customers potentially could save hundreds of dollars by purchasing high-priced items like MacBooks during this annual discount opportunity.

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If your state offers a tax holiday this summer, you can buy select Apple products without paying sales tax.* When shopping online, sales tax will appear during checkout, but you'll see the correct tax amount on your email order confirmation.
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The states that offer these summertime tax holidays that extend to Apple products include Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Mexico, South Carolina and Tennessee. You can find a list of dates and qualifying items here. In most states, the tax-free holiday begins August 1st and lasts only a few days.

Article Link: Apple Reminding Shoppers of Upcoming 'Sales Tax Holiday' Discounts
 
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Are people in those states getting vacations days to shop? Do they gather together in families to celebrate? No? Then why would you call it a holiday?
 
Yvan256 said:
Are people in those states getting vacations days to shop? Do they gather together in families to celebrate? No? Then why would you call it a holiday?
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The 4th definition of holiday in the Merriam-Webster dictionary: "a period of exemption or relief"
 
So living in Florida it only applies up to $750 in computer purchases. I don't think this is worth it since Apple doesn't have a computer at that price point.
 
Yvan256 said:
Are people in those states getting vacations days to shop? Do they gather together in families to celebrate? No? Then why would you call it a holiday?
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agffth said:
The 4th definition of holiday in the Merriam-Webster dictionary: "a period of exemption or relief"
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haha ouch. Poor guy.

North Carolina repealed this for 2014 because clearly this was an important step to take. Greedy little ****s.
 
Of course Maryland, the stupid state, does not have a tax holiday.
 
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Louisiana gets tax holidays only for like two days. So, shoppers in the market for new shinny gadgets... rejoice. That plus a student discount for those qualifying make for some nice savings.
 
There's also some new financing offer being touted on the page as well, from RBS Citizens bank. Has this been offered before? The no payments or interest for 90 days does not look as good a deal as the Barclaycard, but it does let people like students apply with a co-signer.
 
Nyguy76 said:
Drive to Delaware. Always a tax holiday.
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Or Oregon for you left-coasters.

Of course, some states consider it tax evasion if you buy big-ticket items out of state to avoid sales tax. Washington basically forced an Oregon company out of business a few years ago, claiming the company was encouraging tax evasion by selling to Washington residents without collecting and paying Washington sales tax.
 
Anonymous Freak said:
Of course, some states consider it tax evasion if you buy big-ticket items out of state to avoid sales tax. Washington basically forced an Oregon company out of business a few years ago, claiming the company was encouraging tax evasion by selling to Washington residents without collecting and paying Washington sales tax.
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Massachusetts tried getting us (NH) to collect taxes for them a few years ago. They thought we should have all our businesses check the drivers licenses of their customers and tax them as appropriate. Needless to say, the idea was never even considered.
 
MacGeek1987 said:
Massachusetts tried getting us (NH) to collect taxes for them a few years ago. They thought we should have all our businesses check the drivers licenses of their customers and tax them as appropriate. Needless to say, the idea was never even considered.
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Yeah, I've heard of WA state catching individuals for tax evasion (buying a car, a big screen TV, etc,) before. But to go after an Oregon-based (with no Washington presence) business seemed odd. ESPECIALLY when they said that the business itself was responsible for collecting and paying Washington sales tax.

It all hinged on the fact that the business (a mattress company,) was helping arrange for delivery to customer's homes in Washington. Note: the business itself wasn't delivering - it was merely arranging for delivery. Most news articles mention that if they had delivered using a "common carrier" like FedEx or UPS, they wouldn't have been liable. But because their products (mattresses) are big, they had to use shippers, which somehow ended up different.

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland...ss-world-sunk-by-washington-tax.html?page=all


Edit: Note to mods: part of this discussion seems to be wandering in to the realm of "tax policy" - which probably belongs under the Politics, Religion, Social Issues subforum. I wouldn't object to a thread split, with my own posts moving there.
 
invisiblecube said:
That'll work, but California-- is more efficient. Sorry, couldn't resist.
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I had that originally, but I thought people would assume I meant it as a dash, the punctuation people usually use without reason, rather than C (or or similar language) syntax.
 
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