COLUMBIA, S.C. — (AP) — South Carolina’s annual weekend where the state doesn’t charge sales tax on back-to-school items is underway.
The sales tax holiday started Friday and runs through Sunday.
Shoppers don’t have to pay South Carolina’s 6% sales tax on a wide range of items students need or use from clothes to shoes to school supplies to computers and musical instruments, the state Department of Revenue said.
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Items for dorm rooms or campus apartments like towels, bedsheets and pillows are also exempt from sales tax this weekend.
Shoppers don’t have to pay the tax both for in-store and online purchases, said the state agency, which has an extensive list of eligible items on its website.
A few items that aren’t included in the sales tax holiday include smartphones and chargers, mattresses and most sports equipment, the agency said.
South Carolina has held a sales tax holiday weekend in August each year since 2000.
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