Tax Free Weekend in Some States Benefits Apple Back-to-School Customers
Tax Free Weekend in Some States Benefits Apple Back-to-School Customers
by , 3:45 PM EDT, August 1st, 2008
Some states have a tax free weekend for specific back-to-school items. Apple customers in Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, New Mexico North Carolina and Tennessee could benefit from a new, tax free Mac this weekend.
The limits vary by state. For example, the limit in Alabama for a computer is US$750, but North Carolina allows $3,500.
Typically, the Apple store concierge will have a paper handout describing what items are tax free and the exemption limits.
In some states the tax free dates are already in progress, and for most the dates are Aug 1-3, 2008 for computers.
Observer Comments
Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:57 pm Subject: Charleston, SC, as well
Here is an interesting trick my husband and I found in the local newspaper. A Mac dealer (MacAuthority) advertised 17" MacBook Pros at $1499 (just under the tax free $1500 limit). This is the slightly older 2.4 model. The catch was that you had to purchase the 4 gig memory upgrade for $399 at the same time effectively making the price of the computer $1898 which we thought was still a pretty good price. Since the Apple Online Store offers the same unit (refurbed) at the same price but with only 2 gig memory and the Apple Store would still need to charge the tax (which is about 9.5%), the MacAuthority offer was pretty attractive. We got one as soon as we could. If you are on the fence, jump on this one. We really were looking to get a Pro soon. They still had a fair stock when we were there around noon Saturday.
QuoteGuest wrote:
Here is an interesting trick my husband and I found in the local newspaper. A Mac dealer (MacAuthority) advertised 17" MacBook Pros at $1499 (just under the tax free $1500 limit).
Of course, since you don't say just WHERE this Mac dealer is, your information is nearly useless.
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