Real Estate in Kansas City North

We're in the heat of the summer and I can remember as a kid HATING to go shopping for fall/winter clothes right before school starts!

CHA-CHING!  Now as an adult with the Missouri Sales Tax Free Holiday coming up August 1,2,3,2008 I can see how parents can save $$$$ shopping during those days!

Some will read this and say, "What are you talking about Fran?" 

Missouri has this great holiday which begins at 12:01 AM on the first Friday in August and it ends at midnight three days later.

It means that you get tax free purchases on certain back-to-school needs like clothing, school supplies, computers and computer software.

The sales tax exemption is limited to:

• Clothing - Any article having a taxable value of $100 or less.
• School Supplies - Not to exceed $50 per purchase
• Computer Software - Taxable value of $350 or less
• Personal Computers - Not to exceed $3,500
• Computer Peripheral Devices - Not to exceed $3,500

  Be sure and consult the Missouri Department of Revenuefor a complete listing of items that are Tax Exempt.

 KEEP IN MIND..... that some cities and counties choose not to be a part of this holiday..

Beverly Hills, Missouri, North Kansas City, Oak Grove, Platte Woods, Platte City and Smithville I've been told are opting out for this year (2008).  But for a complete list of areas not participating be sure to check the Department of Revenue website.  They have non-participants listed as:

Sales Tax Holiday - Cities Opting Out

Below is the list of cities that will not participate in the 2008 sales tax holiday. City sales tax in these locations will still be collected on the sale of qualifying holiday items.

• Alton
• Ashland
• Ash Grove
• Aurora
• Ballwin
• Battlefield
• Bellerive Acres
• Berkeley
• Beverly Hills
• Black Jack
• Blackwater
• Bland
• Bloomfield
• Bolivar
• Boonville
• Branson
• Brentwood
• Bridgeton
• Byrnes Mill
• Cabool
• Camdenton
• Cameron
• California
• Canton
• Carl Junction
• Carthage
• Cassville
• Centertown
• Chamois
• Charlack
• Chillicothe
• Clayton
• Clinton
• Collins
• Columbia
• Cool Valley
• Cottleville
• Crystal City
• Des Peres
• DeSoto
• Desloge
• Doniphan
• Edmundson
• Eldon
• Eldorado Springs
• Ellisville
• Ellsinore
• Elsberry
• Everton
• Fair Grove
• Farmington
• Fayette
• Fenton
• Ferguson
• Festus
• Flint Hill
• Freeman
• Freemont Hills
• Frontenac
• Fulton
• Garden City
• Gerald
• Glasgow
• Granby
• Grandin
• Grant City
• Green City
• Greendale
• Half Way
• Hartville
• Hawk Point
• Hayti
• Higginsville
• Hollister
• Holts Summit
• Houston
• Ironton
• Jane
• Jefferson City
• Joplin
• Kennett
• Kingdom City
• Kirkwood
• Koshkonong
• Ladue
• Laurie
• Leadington
• Liberal
• Licking
• Loma Linda
• Malden
• Manchester
• Maplewood
• Marble Hill
• Marceline
• Marlborough Village
• Marshfield
• Marthasville
• Merriam Woods Village
• Meta
• Moberly
• Montgomery
• Moscow Mills
• Mountain Grove
• Mountain View
• Mount Vernon
• Naylor
• Neosho
• New Haven
• New Madrid
• New Melle
• Nixa
• Noel
• Norborne
• North Kansas City
• Northwoods
• Oak Grove
• Oakland
• Osage Beach
• Overland
• Owensville
• Ozark
• Palmyra
• Paris
• Pattonsburg
• Pevely
• Platte City
• Platte Woods
• Poplar Bluff
• Purdy
• Qulin
• Reeds Spring
• Richmond
• Richmond Heights
• Riverside
• Rockaway Beach
• Rock Hill
• Rolla
• Savannah
• Sedalia
• Seligman
• Shelbina
• Shrewsbury
• Skidmore
• Smithton
• Smithville
• Springfield
• St Ann
• St Mary
• St Peters
• Ste Genevieve
• Stockton
• Sugar Creek
• Taos
• Thayer
• Town & Country
• Trenton
• Twin Oaks
• University City
• Urich
• Vandalia
• Velda
• Walnut Grove
• Warson Wood
• Washburn
• Waynesville
• Webster Grove
• West Plains
• Willard
• Willow Springs