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Put it on your calendar: Virginia’s Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday, May 25-31
Get Ready to save money! Plan to go shopping the last week of May, and you will save money on items you can use to protect your home and business during hurricane and flooding season. You also can add items to your family’s emergency supply kit. Retail outlets will have information about the tax holiday. Many everyday items are exempt from state sales tax.
Eligible Emergency Supply Kit Items Less Than $60:
- Artificial ice, blue ice, ice packs, reusable ice
- Batteries, excluding car or boat batteries
- Battery-powered light sources, including flashlights and lanterns
- First-aid kits
- Cell phone chargers
- Weather Band radios and NOAA Weather Radios
- Battery-powered or hand-crank radios, including radio with electrical power option
- Bottled water of any size, including flavored, carbonated and vitamin water
- Two-way radios
- Manual can openers
- Tarps, plastic sheeting, plastic drop cloths
- Bungee cords and rope
- Ground anchor systems or tie down kits
- Ratchet straps
- Duct tape
- Carbon monoxide and smoke detectors, fire extinguishers
- Empty gas, propane or diesel fuel tanks or containers
- Water storage containers such as buckets, barrels, canteens, coolers
- Storm shutter devices made for the prevention of storm damage (not plywood)
Eligible Emergency Supply Kit Items Less Than $1,000:
- Portable generators and generator power cords
- Inverters and inverter power cables
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