These emergency preparation supplies qualify for tax exemption if purchased for a sales price:
Less than $3000
- Portable generators
Less than $300
- Emergency ladders
- Hurricane shutters
Less than $75
- Axes
- Batteries, single or multipack (AAA cell, AA cell, C cell, D cell, 6 volt or 9 volt)
- Can openers – nonelectric
- Carbon monoxide detectors
- Coolers and ice chests for food storage – nonelectric
- Fire extinguishers
- First aid kits
- Fuel containers
- Ground anchor systems and tie-down kits
- Hatchets
- Ice products – reusable and artificial
- Light sources – portable self-powered (including battery operated) Examples of items include: candles, flashlights and lanterns
- Mobile telephone batteries and mobile telephone chargers
- Radios – portable self-powered (including battery operated) – includes two-way and weather band radios
- Smoke detectors
- Tarps and other plastic sheeting
The Comptroller page notes that online sales count, so I’ve thrown some Amazon links up from my cheap prepper’s guide for surviving cold weather.
Speaking of axes, Dwight put up a video by a woodcraft guy who reviews axes, so some of those videos might be worth watching if you’re looking for an axe. He seems to favor the Gransfors Bruks Small Forest Axe, which, at $249, doesn’t qualify for the sales tax holiday, and is probably too pricey for someone who isn’t going to be doing a lot of woodcrafting…
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