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Shower rods or shower curtains: Which is exempt during SC sales-tax holiday?

By Jeff Kidd

jkidd@thestate.com
Shoppers at Tanger Outlet Center 2 stroll past a sign advertising sales that were part of South Carolina sales tax holiday weekend for school supplies in 2015. Many items -- but not all -- are exempt from the state’s 6-percent sales tax during the holiday.
Shoppers at Tanger Outlet Center 2 stroll past a sign advertising sales that were part of South Carolina sales tax holiday weekend for school supplies in 2015. Many items -- but not all -- are exempt from the state’s 6-percent sales tax during the holiday. The Island Packet Jay Karr

Under state law, South Carolina does not charge sales or use tax from 12:01 a.m. on the first Friday of August until midnight the following Sunday. But not all items are exempt from the status. Test your knowledge of which items are taxed and which ones are not.

 

Interested in learning more about other states’ tax oddities? Check out this story.

For more on the rules governing South Carolina’s sales-tax holiday, click here.

This story was originally published July 25, 2016 at 11:07 AM with the headline "Shower rods or shower curtains: Which is exempt during SC sales-tax holiday?."

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