Thursday March 28th, 2024 1:41PM

Ga. back to school tax holidays set for July 31-Aug. 1

By AccessWDUN staff

ATLANTA - If you can put off your back to school shopping until then, you can save the Georgia sales tax on many of your purchases July 31 and August 1.

“Thanks to the commitment of both the Georgia legislature and Governor Deal on continuing the back-to-school sales tax holiday, the timing couldn’t be better as Georgia families will see extended savings while retailers can expect increased sales,” said Georgia Retail Association President/CEO Rick McAllister. “Families are already starting to prepare for the upcoming school year, and this annual back-to-school shopping season is the second busiest behind only the winter holidays in terms of sales.”

According to the National Retail Federations’ Retail Insight Center Monthly Consumer Survey of more than 6,400 adults, 29 percent of households in Georgia with school-age kids plan to spend more than last year for back-to-school, compared with nearly 24 percent who said the same thing this time last year. As for college students and their families, nearly three in 10 plan to spend more this summer, up from 23 percent last year.

Among those who say the economy will impact their back-to-school and college spending plans, 32 percent of college shoppers plan to comparison shop online to make sure they get the best bang for their buck, up from nearly 28 percent last year. More than 31 percent of school shoppers will compare prices online, compared with nearly 30 percent last year.
    
ABOUT THE GEORGIA RETAIL ASSOCIATION 
Since 1961, the Georgia Retail Association has been working on behalf of the retail community to unite and pursue the common goal of creating the best environment for retailing in Georgia. Retail supports 1 out of 4 jobs in the state and is directly and indirectly responsible for 18% of Georgia's gross domestic product.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION 
As the world's largest retail trade association and the voice of retail worldwide, the National Retail Federation's global membership includes retailers of all sizes, formats and channels of distribution as well as chain restaurants and industry partners from the U.S. and more than 45 countries abroad. In the U.S., NRF represents the breadth and diversity of an industry with more than 1.6 million American companies that employ nearly 25 million workers and generated 2010 sales of $2.4 trillion. www.nrf.com.

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