It’s August, which means Connecticut’s annual “Tax-Free Week” is here.
The annual sales tax holiday week — during which most individual clothing and footwear items costing less than $100 are exempt from state sales tax — runs from Aug. 21-27.
This is the 16th consecutive year in which the state has held the tax holiday week, which always coincides with back-to-school shopping.
“The tax holiday has become a staple of Connecticut’s back-to-school shopping season,” Department of Revenue Services Commissioner Kevin Sullivan said in a statement. “Many retailers schedule sales … ”
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