{"id":3370,"date":"2008-05-03T13:02:16","date_gmt":"2008-05-03T18:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=3370"},"modified":"2008-05-06T06:58:29","modified_gmt":"2008-05-06T11:58:29","slug":"tax-free-weekend-may-24-to-may-26-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2008\/05\/03\/tax-free-weekend-may-24-to-may-26-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax free weekend &#8212; May 24 to May 26, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tax free weekend &#8212; May 24 to May 26, 2008<\/p>\n<p>Are you thinking about buying a major home appliance? If so, you<br \/>\ncould save up to 8.25 percent on Energy Star appliances during the<br \/>\nMemorial Day weekend. Texas shoppers get a break from state and local<br \/>\nsales and use taxes on purchases of certain energy efficient products.<br \/>\nThe 2008 Energy Star sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on<br \/>\nSaturday, May 24, and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, May 26 (Memorial<br \/>\nDay). <\/p>\n<p>Appliances qualifying for the exemption are: <\/p>\n<p> &#8211; air conditioners priced under $6,000 (room and central units) <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; clothes washers (but not clothes dryers*) <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; ceiling fans <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; dehumidifiers <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; dishwashers <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; light bulbs (incandescent and fluorescent) <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; programmable thermostats <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; refrigerators priced under $2,000. <\/p>\n<p>* Because most dryers use similar amounts of energy, Energy Star does<br \/>\nnot label clothes dryers. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a link to the official State of Texas announcement.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.window.state.tx.us\/taxinfo\/taxpubs\/tx98_836\/<\/p>\n<p>Search for a particular Energy Star appliance here. <\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.energystar.gov\/index.cfm?c=home.index<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>BETTER IP RELAY &#8211; EVERYWHERE! i711.com makes all your relay calls better.<br \/>\nBetter web calls. 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Texas shoppers get&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2008\/05\/03\/tax-free-weekend-may-24-to-may-26-2008\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-Sm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15322,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/08\/09\/tax-free-weekend-in-texas-2011\/","url_meta":{"origin":3370,"position":0},"title":"Tax Free Weekend in Texas 2011","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"August 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Tax Free Weekend in Texas 2011 Sales Tax Holiday August 19 - 21, 2011 Texas shoppers get a break from state and local sales taxes on August 19, 20 and 21 - the state's annual tax holiday. 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