Green Sales Tax Holiday could save buyers up to $1,500 per appliance

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - The Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday exempts state sales tax on qualifying ENERGY STAR appliances.

The tax holiday is open until April 25 at midnight.

The exemption is for new appliances and can be as much as $1,500 per appliance.

ENERGY STAR certified appliances that qualify for the holiday include:

• Clothes washers
• Clothes dryers
• Water heaters
• Trash compactors*
• Dishwashers
• Conventional ovens*
• Ranges*
• Stoves*
• Air conditioners
• Furnaces
• Refrigerators
• Freezers 
• Heat pumps

*According to the ENERGY STAR website, trash compactors, conventional ovens, ranges and stoves do not receive an ENERGY STAR rating. Therefore, although the statute anticipates that some day they may receive the ENERGY STAR rating, tax will continue to apply to purchases of these items during the Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday.

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