Hey, get a load of this: I was just researching shopping malls in Long Island for Brooklyn residents, and, wondering what the difference in clothing tax might be, I stumbled on this.
In a nutshell, if you spend $55 on clothes and shoes from now until the end of March, you don't pay state tax. Over that amount, you pay the tax. But if you wait until April 1, 2012, then your "allowance" for clothing without state tax doubles to $110.
Here's what it says:
..the period April 1, 2011, through March 31, 2012, clothing and footwear sold
for less than $55 per item or pair will be exempt from the state's 4% sales tax and the
state-imposed 3/8% sales tax in the MCTD.Finally, on and after April 1, 2012, the original less-than-$110-per-item clothing and
footwear exemption will be restored. It will apply to the state's 4% sales tax and also the 3/8%
sales tax in those localities in the MCTD that provide the less-than-$110 exemption." (Source: NY State)
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