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Maryland's Tax Free Weekend for Certain Energy Star Products

Marylanders will get a break from the state's 6 percent sales tax on qualifying Energy Star products from February 18-20, 2012. During Shop Maryland Energy weekend, the following Energy Star products are tax free:

  • Air conditioners
  • Clothes washers
  • Furnaces
  • Heat pumps
  • Boilers
  • Solar water heaters (tax-exempt at all times now)
  • Refrigerators
  • Dehumidifiers
  • Programmable thermostats
  • Compact fluorescent light bulbs

Shop Maryland Energy weekend will occur in perpetuity (or until legislative amendment) from the Saturday immediately preceding the third Monday in February until the third Monday of February. Additionally, a tax free week on clothing and footwear priced $100 or less will occur every year during the second week of August.

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