Georgia Energy Star tax-free holiday IS ON!!!
October 2, 2008 at 9:48 am by Thomas Wheatley in News
Don’t stop, get it, get it! Head to your nearest Circuit City, people, because the state’s annual Energy STAR holiday begins…oh, well it started at 12:01 a.m., but better late than never!
From now until midnight Sunday, Energy-Star appliances less than $1,500 are sales-tax free. That’s right: Washers, dryers, dishwashers and other contraptions that make your life hum are more affordable all this weekend. Something new this year: Select water-saving appliances will be eligible for the same deal. So if you want to save cash at a time when energy rates are predicted to rise, now’s a good time.
The holiday may be bittersweet this year for cash-strapped Gold Dome and city hall officials, however. According to the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, the annual Energy STAR and school supplies sales-tax holidays deprive the state and local governments of $12.6 million and $8.5 million, respectively. But Gov. Sonny Perdue has promised to bring us back “jobs” from his “fact-finding mission” to Europe, so they’ll make it up somehow, I’m sure.
For a full list of appliances, click here.
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