COLUMBIA - South Carolina's annual back-to-school "Sales Tax Holiday," is set for August 6 - 8.
According to a news release from the South Carolina Department of Revenue, the eleventh annual tax-free weekend begins at midnight Friday, Aug. 6 and concludes at midnight Sunday, Aug. 8.
During the weekend, the state's sales and use tax is lifted on purchases of clothes, shoes, school supplies, book bags, computers, computer parts, printers and other items.
South Carolina shoppers typically save about $2.8 million in sales tax during the event, the release said.
Officials say the popularity of the tax-free weekend has made it the third busiest shopping period of the year, exceeded only by the weekend after Thanksgiving and the weekend before Christmas.
According to the release, the state adopted the sales tax holiday in 2000 and in following years, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee implemented similar tax-free weekends.
This year, North Carolina and Tennessee will hold their tax-free weekends at the same time as South Carolina.
According to the Georgia Department of Revenue website there will not be a back-to-school sales tax holiday in Georgia in 2010.
No new items were added to the list of exempt items this year and a complete list of the exempt items, and a listing of frequently asked questions about the tax-free weekend, is available at the South Carolina Department of Revenue website, www.sctax.org, under the "What's New" section.
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