The Water Saving Products You Can Pick Up Tax Free in Texas This Weekend

(Longview, Texas) - Memorial Day weekend is upon us and everyone has different plans for the holiday. Many of you will head out to a nearby lake with friends. Many of you will just relax. Others of you will tackle some projects around your home.

If that project includes replacing some WaterSense and/or Energy Star appliances in your home, this is the perfect weekend to do it. Those appliances are tax free through midnight Monday, May 26. Not everything is eligible, though.

WaterSense and Energy Star Tax Free Weekend in Texas

The Texas Comptroller has set this Memorial Day weekend as a tax holiday for many Energy Star and WaterSense labeled products. The tax holiday begins Saturday, May 24 and runs until midnight Monday, May 26. As long as the product is purchased in that time frame in store, online or over the phone, that item is tax free.

The following appliances with an Energy Star label will qualify this weekend:

• Air Conditioners ($6,000 or less)
• Refrigerators ($2,000 or less)
• Ceiling Fans
• Incandescent and Fluorescent Bulbs
• Clothes Washers
• Dishwashers
• Dehumidifiers

However, not every appliance labeled with an Energy Star logo will qualify to be tax free:

• Water Heaters
• Clothes Dryers
• Freezers
• Stoves
• Attic Fans
• Heat Pumps
• Wine Refrigerators
• Kegerators
• Beverage Chillers

If adding to, or updating, your garden or flower bed is on the to-do list for this weekend, you could save some money on select items marked with the WaterSense label.

The following items with a WaterSense label will qualify this weekend:

• Soaker or Drip-Irrigation Hose
• Moisture Control for Sprinkler or Irrigation System
• Mulch
• Rain Barrel
• Permeable Ground Cover
• Plants, Trees and Grasses
• Water Saving Surfactants - These are products that improve water penetration and infiltration of soil.
• Soil and Compost

However, not every product labeled with a WaterSense logo will qualify to be tax free:

• Construction or Building Materials
• Any Item that Creates Shade
• Sprinklers

Find Out Everything You Need to Know

For all the details on the WaterSense tax free weekend, GO HERE. For all the details on the Energy Star tax free weekend, GO HERE.

No matter what your plans are this weekend, please remember the real reason this holiday exists, to remember the many military men and women who paid the ultimate price in service to our country.

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