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Hurricane
Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday
It's
smart to be prepared when hurricane season arrives on June 1.
Beginning this year, consumers can take advantage of a tax
break when shopping for such products as generators,
batteries, food-storage containers, first aid kits and bottled
water. For the period Sunday, May 25, through Saturday, May
31, Virginia will hold its first Hurricane Preparedness Sales
Tax Holiday. During the weeklong event, certain purchases will
be exempt from the 5 percent state and local retail sales
tax. Sales tax will not be charged on generators costing
$1,000 or less, or on 22 other products selling for $60 or
less each.
Information on the hurricane-preparedness holiday for both
consumers and retailers is available on the Department of
Taxation's Web site at
tax.virginia.gov. This includes policy
guidelines for the tax holiday and a list of products that
will be exempt from the sales tax during the week of the
holiday. The agency's Sales Tax Holiday Information Center
also includes information on the other two sales tax
holidays. |
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Branding: How Important is it?
 Join
the Communications Council next Tuesday, May 20
from 5-6pm at the Chamber for an informative
meeting about branding. Krishna Brown of Shoebox Oven will
lead a discussion on successful, consistent branding and what
it could mean to your business. Click
here to register.
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Join the Chamber next
Thursday, May 22 from 5-7:00pm at
Kettler's West Village of Shirlington for
some after hours networking poolside.
Click here
to register. |
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GOLDEN Opportunity!
After 2 years, there are finally
advertising slots open on our homepage. If you would like to
take advantage of this rare opportunity to reach over a 1/4
million people yearly with a homepage rotating banner ad,
contact Communications Manager
Meghan Cahill
immediately! Become one of the five on our homepage!
Email Meghan
for further information and to reserve your banner ad today!
Click here
to find out more. |
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