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Ready, Set, Save States hold tax-free weekends to help with school shopping BY PAM GEORGE
14 BACK TO SCHOOL | 2020
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or 20 years, bargain-hunting parents in South Carolina have saved money on clothing, school supplies and computers right before sending their kids back to the classroom. That’s because the Palmetto State is one of 16 in the country that holds annual back-to-school sales tax “holidays.” Typically held on a weekend in August, the state sales tax >