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Published August 06, 2009 10:11 pm - Back-to-school shoppers can save cash this weekend. Missouri’s and Oklahoma’s back-to-school sales tax holidays start today and run through Sunday. Missouri exempts shoppers anywhere in the state from the state sales tax of 4.225 percent on eligible items. Some counties and municipalities participate, but others opt out, so local taxes may still apply. Back-to-school sales tax holiday runs this weekend By Melissa Dunson mdunson@joplinglobe.com Back-to-school shoppers can save cash this weekend. Missouri’s and Oklahoma’s back-to-school sales tax holidays start today and run through Sunday. Missouri exempts shoppers anywhere in the state from the state sales tax of 4.225 percent on eligible items. Some counties and municipalities participate, but others opt out, so local taxes may still apply. Leslie Jones, Joplin’s finance director, said the city opts out because much of its sales tax revenue supports capital projects approved by voters. “If we don’t collect the taxes we thought we would, then we might not be able to complete the projects the voters told us they wanted,” Jones said. Other area cities that opt out include Carl Junction, Carthage, Cassville, Granby, Liberal, Mount Vernon and Neosho. Area counties that opt out include Barry, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence and Newton. Webb City participates in the holiday, meaning shoppers at the Wal-Mart Supercenter and other stores in Webb City won’t have to pay city or state sales taxes on exempt items. Supercenter manager Dave Warden anticipates a busy weekend. “It seems like we pull people in from everywhere — Kansas, Joplin, Carthage,” Warden said. “We anticipate having a monster day.” Warden’s employees set up for the rush days in advance, with displays of hot items such as computers, tennis shoes and classroom supplies. “We get a lot of college kids,” he said. “And with the economy the way it is right now and the chance to save a little extra money, I think we’re gonna get slammed.” Eligible items Items that are exempt from the state sales tax in Missouri this weekend include clothing, computers and classroom supplies. Clothing includes wearing apparel and shoes, but not jewelry or accessories such as belts, scarves and handbags. Each article of clothing must have a taxable value of $100 or less to qualify. Computers can include laptops, desktops and towers, and related items, such as software, keyboards, printers, scanners, sound and video cards, microphones, and modems. 
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