What Will You Buy This Weekend?
Massachusetts is taking a holiday from its 6.25 percent sales tax this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, items for sale under $2500 will be free from tax, excluding restaurant meals and tobacco.
While Massachusetts is having a holiday from the 6.25 percent sales tax this weekend, will you buy something just because you don't have to pay sales tax?
Tobacco, restaurant meals and single items costing $2500 or more will still be taxed.
And, this begs the question: Do you tip on tax? I say "No." The husband says that I am "cheap."
If you are a business owner, have you seen more shopping during this tax free holiday over other weekends? If you are a shopper, what will you be purchasing this weekend in order to save 6.25 percent in sales tax? Let us know in the comments section.
Margaret Carroll-Bergman
1:53 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
And, if you can resolve the tax on tip dispute in my household, I'd like you to weigh in.
Casey Meserve
2:51 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
As an ex-waitress, of course you tip on tax!