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Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday Will Extend to Tablets, Laptops

The sales tax holiday is Aug. 2-4 this year.

Attention, Seminole Heights parents:

If you're planning to take advantage of this year's back-to-school sales tax holiday, here's an incentive: The state will now include some electronics as part of the deal, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Those include laptops, desktops, tablets, electronic book readers or tower computers, according to the Times.

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Purchases can't exceed $750, the Times said.

What do you think about the sales tax holiday this year? Will you buy new electronics for yourself or your family? Tell us in the comments.

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