Spring Board Meeting and Dinner w/Legislators in Richmond
May 25-31, 2009
Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday
August 7-9, 2009
Back to School Sales Tax Holiday
October 2-3, 2009
Annual Membership Meeting
October 9-12, 2009
Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday
Additional documents and information for the 2009 Annual Membership meeting are listed below. For additional questions, please contact us directly at the information below:
Virginia Now has 3 sales tax holidays. VRMA can provide you with all you need to know on all three!
The Virginia Department of Taxation states a Sales Tax Holiday is a temporary period when certain purchases are exempt from the sales tax. In 2006, the General Assembly approved Virginia's first Sales Tax Holiday, to take place each year on the first full weekend in August. Now, Virginia has three sales tax holidays for different purposes. VRMA worked with the tax department and many of our members to develop understandable and fair guidelines. We influenced many changes to these guidelines. VRMA is here to work for you. BE A PART OF IT!
Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday – May 25-31, 2009
New, passed last year and begins this year.
Exempts from sales tax those items that help prepare for hurricanes.
Examples include portable generators up to $1000, other items up to $60 – such as blue ice, cell phone batteries, cell phone chargers, food storage coolers, carbon monoxide detectors, fuel tanks, portable self-powered light sources, portable radios, two-way radios, weather band radios, storm shutter devices, batteries, tie-down kits, tarpaulins, and ground anchor systems.
Absorption language is a part of this holiday as well.
Guidelines will be developed later. Visit our website for more information.
Back-to-School Holiday - August 7-9, 2009
Second year.
Please review the guidelines for clarification information from the tax department on our website at www.virginiaretail.org.
An absorption tax bulletin has been issued. This is a new bulletin that I highly recommend for review, so that you may stay in compliance with the law. It also is posted on our website.
Energy Star Sales Tax holiday – October 9-12, 2009
Second year.
Includes Energy Star-qualified appliances up to $2500.
Examples include dishwashers, washer, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, refrigerators, ceiling fans, compact fluorescent light bulbs, programmable thermostats designated as an Energy Star product.
Absorption language is a part of this holiday as well
We are working with the tax department in development of the guidelines. Visit our website regularly for updated information.
Virginia Retail Merchants Association
701 E. Franklin Street
Suite 809
Richmond, VA 23219
1-800-232-VRMA (8762) vrma@virginiaretail.org
