Reminder: 2011 Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday

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Something to keep in mind this weekend...

http://revenue.louisiana.gov/sections/publications/HurricanePrepSalesTaxHoliday.aspx

Louisiana Revised Statute 47:305.58 provides for an annual state sales tax holiday on sales of hurricane-preparedness items or supplies made on the last Saturday and Sunday of each May. During the two-day annual holiday, tax-free purchases are authorized on the first $1,500 of the sales price of each of the following items:

* portable self-powered light source;
* portable self-powered radio, two-way radio, or weather band radio;
* tarpaulin or other flexible waterproof sheeting;
* any ground anchor system or tie-down kit;
* any gas or diesel fuel tank;
* any package of AAA-cell, AA-cell, C-cell, D-cell, 6-volt, or 9-volt batteries, excluding automobile and boat batteries;
* any cellular phone battery and any cellular phone charger;
* any non-electric food storage cooler;
* any portable generator used to provide light or communications or preserve food in the event of a power outage;
* any “storm shutter device,” as defined in the Act;
* any carbon monoxide detector; and
* any blue ice product.