The Back-to-School Supply Tax
Posted By Bryan Riley On August 17, 2010 @ 1:00 pm In Enterprise and Free Markets | 2 Comments
Many states offer “tax holidays” for shoppers during the back-to-school season, but families everywhere still pay extra at the checkout counter due to hidden import taxes [1] that increase the price of everything from sneakers to baseball caps. We have produced a graphic to help you visualize those import tax rates for some popular back-to-school items.
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Article printed from The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation: http://blog.heritage.org
URL to article: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/08/17/the-back-to-school-supply-tax/
URLs in this post:
[1] hidden import taxes: http://dataweb.usitc.gov/scripts/tariff_current.asp
[2] Image: http://www.foundry.org/wp-content/uploads/special_school_supply_tariffs.jpg
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