Sales Tax Holiday Passed for Aug. 11 and 12
The tax break was part of a larger economic development bill the Legislature passed Tuesday.
Time for back to school shopping at Target on Robert Drive? Or a trip to the Wrentham outlets? Aug. 11 and 12 would be a good time to go. As part of the jobs bill passed on the last day of the legislative session, lawmakers in Boston passed a two-day tax holiday. The 115-page bill, passed on Tuesday, included a two-day holiday on the weekend of Aug. 11 and 12 from the state's 6.25 percent sales tax, according to the Boston Globe. Excluded from the tax holiday are restaurant meals, cars, motorboats, tobacco and any item that costs more than $2,500. To offset the loss of revenue, Gov. Deval Patrick set aside $20 milliion in a supplemental budget he filed early last month. Massachusetts was one of 17 states in the country to offer a sales …
