Schools are slowly reopening in ST. CLAIRSVILLE –Ohio. Annual tax-free sales weekends are an additional advantage on offer. The parents of children who are bracing for the expenses of purchasing back-to-school clothing and supplies welcome the tax holiday.
Tax Holiday Welcomed By Locals
The tax holiday began on Friday and will run through Sunday, August 9, 2020. The weekend event will enable shoppers to purchase clothing, books, and supplies for the forthcoming academic year.
The intelligencer reports that there is no limit on the amount of total purchase as long as the purchased items figure in the qualified items list. The entire order will be tax-free.
The newspaper quoted the Ohio Department of Taxation to this effect.
Joe Bell, the spokesman for the Ohio Valley Mall’s parent company Cafaro Co, spoke to the intelligencer. It said that this is a hectic weekend, and people purchase a lot of things as the new academic year is going to start across the nation. Even if there was no tax holiday, business picks up due to back to school shopping. The idea is to give parents some breathing space so that they can stock up with clothes and supplies for their little ones.
Bell added that the Mall would also hold different sale events amid the holiday weekend. Residents are very excited about the tax holiday. It will allow them to buy for their loved ones while making some savings in these trying times.
Kids Super Excited
theintelligencer.net met one such resident. St. Clairsville resident Jenny Higgins said she and her two daughters 10-year-old Faith and 13-year-old Brooke Stoltey and her two step-daughters 12-year-old Genesis and 13-year-old Jocelyn Lantz will be out taking advantage of the tax holiday. The kids said they are excited to be back in school. The lengthy lockdown kept them away from their friends. They are eager to meet them after a long holiday. Jocelyn said she was looking forward to returning to her school’s choir.
