Being a Missourian, it is particularly nice to see this Midwestern, conservative state step up to the green plate at times. Recently, a Missouri tax holiday was announced for the purchase of energy-efficient home appliances.</
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported:
From April 19-25, the state is waving its 4.225 percent sales tax on washing machines, refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, water heaters, furnaces and air conditioners if the new appliance is Energy Star-certified. Nine counties and just over 50 cities also are waving their sales taxes for the week.
The Show-Me Green Sales Tax Holiday last year was included in larger energy bill designed to increase energy efficiency.
By my quick, easy-to-figure numbers, that savings is about $25 on a $600 washing machine and $85 savings on a $2,000 refrigerator.
While that’s not a hefty load of savings, it sure doesn’t hurt. Couple that with whatever model is offered on discount at the time by the store and, for example, it turns a 20%-off item into almost 25 percent. It’s all in the perspective, right?
But like I say, every effort Missouri makes in this direction is another precedent, another opportunity for education, another good dose of green progress. And that makes me happy.
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