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Sales Tax Holiday Is This Weekend

Associated Press
Customers can buy most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks -- sold for less than $100 -- tax free from a Texas store or from an online or catalog seller doing business in the state.

The annual back-to-school sales tax holiday is scheduled this weekend in Texas.

The Texas Comptroller's Office says the tax break begins Friday and runs through Sunday.

Customers can buy most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks — sold for less than $100— tax free from a Texas store or from an online or catalog seller doing business in the state.

Find out what qualifies — and what doesn't.

The sales tax exemption applies only to qualifying items. The tax break does not include products such as jewelry, handbags, briefcases, luggage, computer bags, umbrellas, wallets and watches.

The Texas sales tax holiday weekend started in 1999.