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Being organized and planning ahead will help you to maximize your savings when buying school supplies, clothing, school uniforms, etc.

Also, be on the lookout for sale flyers in the mail and in newspapers. Most retailers will be eager to have you shop at their store and will offer up some fantastic deals to get you in the door. Don’t forget about major name brand coupons that will likely be issued around this time.

16 States offer tax-free weekends, also known as tax holidays. During these tax break periods you can buy certain items which are education related, and pay no sales tax. Many of these “no sales tax” weekends allow for the purchase of clothing, shoes, and computers as well as school supplies.

If you live in one of these states, you’ll find the link below to the tax free holiday information for your state…

Alabama

http://www.ador.state.al.us/salestax/STHolidayQuickRefSheet11.pdf

Arkansas

http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/offices/exciseTax/salesanduse/Pages/taxHoliday.aspx

Connecticut

http://www.ct.gov/drs/lib/drs/publications/pubssn/2006/sn06-10.pdf

Florida

http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/gta.html

Iowa

http://www.iowa.gov/tax/educate/holiday1.html

Louisiana

http://revenue.louisiana.gov/sections/general/hottopics/salestaxholiday.aspx

Maryland

http://business.marylandtaxes.com/faq/faqanssalesuse/q17.asp

Mississippi

http://www.dor.ms.gov/docs/2011SalesTaxHoliday.pdf

Missouri

http://dor.mo.gov/business/sales/taxholiday/school/

New Mexico

http://www.tax.newmexico.gov/Individuals/Pages/Tax-Holiday.aspx

North Carolina

http://www.dornc.com/taxes/sales/salestax_holiday.html

Oklahoma

http://www.tax.ok.gov/upmin062510.html

South Carolina

http://www.sctax.org/News+Releases/SCTaxHoliday.htm

Tennessee

http://tn.gov/revenue/salestaxholiday/

Texas

http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/taxpubs/tx98_490/tx98_490.html

Virginia

http://www.tax.virginia.gov/site.cfm?alias=STHoliday

There’s no doubt that back to school expenses can break the budget. By using every mode of savings available to you though, you can certainly ease the burden!