School supplies will be tax-free
for 10 days starting Saturday, and many retailers across New Jersey are getting
ready for the crowds.
Employees at the Walmart in
Secaucus have been gearing up for the sales tax holiday, making sure everything
from clothes to computers are in stock. State
officials estimate the tax holiday should save the average family up to $50 on
back-to-school supplies.
“We've been doing
this on a daily basis, we get checks every day so that way we can restock and
be prepared for our customer demand that we're going to have for back to school,”
says Secaucus Walmart general store manager Joshua
Strudl.
The sales tax holiday waives New
Jersey's 6% sales tax on a wide variety of back-to-school supplies, including
binders, folders, pencil boxes, pens, paper, book bags, lunch boxes, rulers and
scissors.
Other items included are
computers less than $3,000, computer printers, athletic shoes, gloves, shin
guards, shoulder pads and helmets.
“With the
inflationary time period we're going through, we wanted to pass on as many good
deals as we could to our customers,” says Strudl. “We, right now, have
over 100 items that are less than a dollar ready to sell to our customers,
especially for that back-to-school time frame."
Clothing and shoes are already
exempt from sales tax in the state. The deals are available for anyone
shopping in New Jersey, not just residents. The savings extend to in-person
shopping and online.
The sales tax holiday runs
through Sept. 5.