Monday, March 21, 2011

Sales tax exemption for cheap clothes

From Fox 5:

New York state is bringing back its sales tax exemption on clothes and shoes, but it will be for items costing only half as much as under previous exemption periods.

Clothes and shoes costing less than $55 per item will be exempt from the state's 4 percent sales tax from April 1 through March 31, 2012. The state's prior sales tax exemption was for clothes and footwear selling for less than $110 per item. That exemption will be restored on April 1, 2012.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fascism at work.

Anonymous said...

There is nothing wrong with the amounts - bring the tax incentives on - watch the smart retailers tailor their products to price just under the exemption. This is excellent. Now get Walmart in the area to provide all the shoes and clothing under those price points, competition is good!

Anonymous said...

2012??????????

Anonymous said...

competition is good!

Irrefragably!

Anonymous said...

Shoes under $55? That's ass.

Anonymous said...

"Now get Walmart in the area to provide all the shoes and clothing under those price points, competition is good"

competition is good - Walmart is bad.

Walmart kills competition.

Also - backing only the chinese is anti-American in my book.

Anonymous said...

Walmart takes more from a community than it gives.

Anonymous said...

I shop with a conscious - I will not buy leather since I am a vegan. AND I will not support sweatshops. I buy American whenever possible -

Anonymous said...

"I shop with a conscious - I will not buy leather since I am a vegan. AND I will not support sweatshops. I buy American whenever possible"

well now - I know YOUR not buying from Walmart!!!!

Anonymous said...

The even playing field is a thing of the past unfortunately.

Years ago antitrust laws were passed that decreed that no single corporation could exist without some form of competition. Monopolies were broken up, and the playing field was leveled so that newcomers would have a fighting chance at getting off the ground.

Today, monopolies are still illegal but I think people will agree that when it comes to entry-level competition, the playing field is far from level. Even though the huge chain companies out there don't technically own the entire market, they dominate so much of it they pretty much eliminate any hope of ever successfully competing with them.

Anonymous said...

I shop with a conscious - I will not buy leather since I am a vegan. AND I will not support sweatshops.
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Because you don't sweat?

Anonymous said...

I shop with a conscious - I will not buy leather since I am a vegan. AND I will not support sweatshops.

And the electricity to type that comment came from your ass.