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Your tax-free hurricane shopping list
By TIMES STAFF WRITER
Published May 20, 2006
Florida's hurricane tax holiday starts Sunday and through June 1, no sales tax will be charged on certain hurricane supplies and equipment. That means it's a good time to stock up on these items. Hurricane season runs June 1 through Nov. 30. Here's the list of what is tax-exempt: * Generators costing $1,000 or less * Storm shutter devices for $200 or less * Self-powered light sources for $20 or less * Self-powered radios or weather band radios for $50 or less * Tarpaulins for $50 or less * Ground anchor systems for $50 or less * Fuel tanks for $25 or less * Batteries, excluding automobile or boat batteries; cell phone batteries for $60 or less; cell phone chargers for $40 or less * Nonelectric food coolers for $30 or less * Carbon monoxide detectors for $75 or less * "Blue ice" products for $10 or less
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