May Sales Tax Holiday: Hurricane and Emergency Preparedness Equipment

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During the last week of May (May 25 – May 31), Virginia retailers may not charge sales tax on designated hurricane/emergency preparedness items:

Up to $1000 each: generators, solar panels, wind turbines, and inverters

Up to $60 each: two way radios (this would appear to include ham, FRS/GMRS, and CB), portable self powered radios, weather radios, batteries (including AAA,AA,C,D,9V,lantern, and cell phone but excluding car or boat), flashlights, lanterns, and glow sticks,, coolers and ice packs, fire extinguishers, smoke/fire/carbon monoxide detectors, cell phone chargers, first aid kits, ground anchor systems, empty fuel tanks (including gasoline, diesel and propane), water tanks/containers, duct tape, rope, ratchet straps, bungee cords, can openers, tarps, plastic sheeting, storm shutters, and bottled water.… Read the rest