Virginia’s annual Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday is happening May 25-31. This is the perfect time to create and stock up your emergency kit for your home, car, and office.
Gas-powered chainsaws costing less than $350 and chainsaw accessories are tax free! Among other items that are tax-exempt are these, with a price of $60 or less:
- Artificial ice, blue ice, ice packs, reusable ice
- Batteries, excluding car or boat batteries
- Portable self-powered light sources, including flashlights and lanterns and glow sticks
- First aid kits
- Cell phone chargers
- Weather Band radios and NOAA Weather Radios
- Portable self-powered radios, including radios with electrical power capability
- Bottled water of any size, including flavored and carbonated
- Two-way radios
- Manual can openers
- Tarps, plastic sheeting, plastic drop cloths
- Bungee cords and rope
- Ground anchor systems, tie down kits
- Ratchet straps
- Duct tape
- Carbon monoxide and smoke detectors, fire extinguishers
- Empty gas, propane or diesel fuel tanks or containers
- Water storage containers such as buckets, barrels, canteens, coolers
Shop for items on this list that have a sales price of $1,000 or less:
- Portable generators and generator power cords
- Inverters and inverter power cables.
Retail outlets will have information about the tax holiday. For more information, go to www.vaemergency.gov and www.ReadyVirginia.gov.
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