The Washington Times: First state back-to-school sales tax holiday kicks off at end of July

“For its part, the liberal Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in a July 11 policy brief likewise questioned the propriety of sales tax holidays, concluding they do little to help the working poor, result in less tax revenue and administrative headaches for state tax collectors and provide an opening for “unscrupulous” merchants to “increas[e] their prices or water[]-down their sales promotions during the tax holiday.”

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