Its coming soon folks! Tax Free Holidays for Back to School Shopping! I decided to put all of the dates of the states participating along with the specifics of the deals in one place to help you guys out :) The price in parentheses is the maximum amount you can spend per item without paying tax.
Remember, the tax savings is fun but most stores will also have big sales to go along with this!
Alabama: August 5-7, 2011
Clothing ($100 or less)
Computers, Computer Software & School Computer Supplies ($750 or less)
School Supplies, including art and instructional material ($50 or less)
Books ($30 or less)
Arkansas: August 6-7, 2011
Clothing (items under $100)
School Supplies
Connecticut: August 21-27, 2011
Clothing (under $300)
Shoes (under $300)
Florida: August 12-14, 2011
Books ($75 or less)
Clothing ($75 or less)
Shoes ($75 or less)
School supplies ($15 or less)
Illinois: August 6-15, 2011
Iowa: August 5-6, 2011
Clothing (under $100)
Shoes (under $100)
Louisiana: August 5-6, 2011
All purchases under $2,500 (excludes taxable services, vehicles and meals)
Maryland: August 14-20, 2011
Clothing ($100 or less)
Shoes/Footwear ($100 or less)
Mississippi: July 29-30, 2011
Clothing (under $100)
Shoes (under $100)
Missouri: August 5-7, 2011
Clothing (under $100)
School Supplies (under $100)
Computers & Computer Equipment (under $3,500)
Computer Software (under $350)
New Mexico: August 5-7, 2011
Clothing (under $100)
Shoes (under $100)
Computers (under $1000)
Computer Equipment (under $500)
School Supplies (under $15)
North Carolina: August 5-7, 2011
Clothing (under $100)
Shoes (under $100)
School Supplies (under $100)
Recreational and Sports Equipment (under $50)
Computer Equipment (under $250)
Computers (under $3,500)
Oklahoma: August 5-7, 2011
Clothing (under $100)
Shoes (under $100)
South Carolina: August 5-7, 2011
Clothing
Shoes
Accessories
School Supplies
Computers & Printers
Computer Software
Tennessee: August 5-7, 2011
Clothing (under $100)
School Supplies (under $100)
Art Supplies (under $100)
Computers (under $1,500)
Texas: August 19-21, 2011
Clothing (under $100)
Shoes (under $100)
School Supplies (under $100)
Backpacks (under $100, only available for elementary and secondary students)
*Texas tax-free holiday also applies to layaway items, just in case you need to come back for it
Virginia: August 5-7, 2011
Clothing (under $100)
Shoes (under $100)
School Supplies (under $20)
For the official list, head to the FTA webpage.
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I wanted to fill you in on what you have helped donate recently. On Southern Savers you can get a great deal on All You magazine, and every order helps raise money for food banks around the South East.
This spring we supported two different areas: West Alabama Food Bank, and Second Harvest of the Big Bend. Yesterday all the checks for the spring arrived at the same time, so I thought I should share the results.
Year to date you have helped raise:
$15,852.97 for Second Harvest in Tallahassee FL
$19,721.10 for West Alabama in Tuscaloosa
Total that’s: $35,574.07 raised just in the last 6 months!!
In case you didn’t know, $1 buys 7 lbs of food for a Food Bank, so thanks to all of you, that equals 249,018 lbs of food!!
If you haven’t grabbed an All You Subscription this deal really is the best one out there and it’s so awesome to be able to give back.
Food Banks Supported in the past:
Woodruff Road Helping Hands – Woodruff SC
Second Harvest Middle Tennessee – Nashville TN
Harvest Hope – South Carolina Midlands area
Just to remind you, tomorrow is fun freebies around town day!
Free Moe’s queso, no purchase or coupon required.
Free Maggie Moo’s Mini Coke Float from 3-6 pm.
As always, call your location ahead of time to make sure they are participating!
Amazon has a great deal on The World At War blu-ray! The blu-ray set is $39.95, originally $149.95, making it 73% off!
This is a 26 hour-long program and is 9 discs made by the History channel. It features a collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations from World War II. It came out many many years ago, so I know some of you have memories of watching this in the past. It really is an awesome documentary.
I know it’s early but, The World At War would be an awesome gift idea for dad or grandad for Christmas!
Grab a great coupon for Skintimate Cream Shave, for $1.50 0ff any size.
There is also another .75/1 Skintimate Shave Gel coupon out today too.
All of these will make for a fun deal starting Sunday 7/24 at CVS. Get $10 Extrabucks when you buy $20 in Schick Razors, Shave Gel or Cream, and Playtex.
Not a CVS fan? The gel is on sale for $2 at Publix starting with the new ad, here’s hoping the cream is part of the sale too!
Check out all the back to school deals and where to get them below.
Remember: Food City is running a Mega-Event so all of the prices listed are after savings.
Walmart and Target will price match other stores prices, so if you don’t want to run all over town take all the ads to one place!! Also, all of these deals are pretty good so I just put acorns by the Free deals. Enjoy!
Folders and Portfolios
- Walmart – Paper Folders 15¢
- Kroger – Pocket Folders, with fasteners, 15¢
- Publix – Poly 2 Pocket Folder, B1G1 at 79¢ (39¢)
(get it for 10¢-15¢ at other stores) - Target – Mead 5 Star Poly Folders, 50¢
Spiral and Composition Notebooks
- Walmart – 3-Subject Notebook, 120 sheets, $1.44 Read More→
SaveMore.com, a new daily deal site, is offering at $10 credit to new members right now. This makes for some awesome deals!
One deal today is a 11″ x 14″ photo canvas from Canvas People for $18 shipped (after your $10 credit)!! That’s an awesome price. The fun part, you are just buying a voucher today and you have until July 20th, 2012, to actually order the canvas! The deal ends in 1 day so if you want it, grab it.
If you don’t see anything you want today, save the credit in your account for a deal you really want!
If you are wanting a smaller canvas you can get an 8″ x 10″ Photo canvas free (+$14 shipping).
Here are a few more deals to pick up while you’re shopping at Drug Stores!
If you know of any other deals please leave them in a comment below to share with others.
Walgreens
- Milka Chocolate Bars, $1.50
-$1/2 Milka chocolate bar (Walgreens coupon), 3.52 oz, July Walgreens Coupon booklet
-$1 off Milka Chocolate Confections printable
(buy (2), use $1/2 store and (2) $1 off mfr, makes both FREE)
Rite Aid
- U By Kotex, $1
-$1 off Kotex product, excl trial size, Porque Sabes Chorrar Compras booklet
-$1 off Kotex U printable
(makes it FREE)
CVS
- $2 ECB WYB Gillette Fusion Hydra Shave Gel 2.5 oz, $2.27 Limit 1
-$1 off Gillette ProGlide or Fusion shave prep, PG 6/05
(makes it FREE after ECB)
Don’t miss the full list of deals for CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid this week.
