Why the sales tax holiday is not a big deal
Buyers get holiday from sales tax on Saturday
The money quote from this Globe article:
”Any purchase that would be worth the savings in sales tax would be a large-ticket item, and that savings is not going to factor into my buying decision,” said Regina Caggiano of Woburn. ”Large-ticket items are not impulse buys. You determine if you need it, why you want it, how much you want to spend — and then you go to New Hampshire to get it.”
So the net effect will be to depress gas sales and New Hampshire retail this weekend, I guess.
