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North Carolina: Does the state have a sales-tax-free weekend?

No tax-free period

North Carolina has no sales tax holiday. The law that created its holidays was repealed effective July 1, 2014.

North Carolina used to hold two state sales tax holidays. The General Assembly repealed both in a 2013 tax law, effective July 1, 2014. No holiday was found in current law.

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What the law says

Repealed by Session Laws 2013-316, s. 3.4(a), effective July 1, 2014.

N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 105-164.13C, 105-164.13D (repealed)

Sources

N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 105-164.13C, 105-164.13D (repealed) Official · ncleg.gov
N.C. Session Law 2013-316 Official · ncleg.gov

Confirm with the state

Agency: North Carolina Department of Revenue
Website: ncdor.gov

How bordering states compare

Georgia No tax-free periodGeorgia has no sales tax holiday now; its last back-to-school and energy-efficient holidays were in 2016.
South Carolina Has a tax-free periodSouth Carolina holds an annual Tax Free Weekend on the first weekend of August, plus a gun sales tax holiday after Thanksgiving.
Tennessee Has a tax-free periodTennessee holds a yearly sales tax holiday on the last weekend of July for clothing, school supplies, and computers.
Virginia Has a tax-free periodVirginia holds a three-day sales tax holiday every August, starting the first Friday, for school, clothing, hurricane, and energy-saving items.

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