{"id":1272,"date":"2013-05-13T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2013-05-10T19:02:01","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T19:02:01","slug":"texans-can-save-sales-tax-on-energy-efficient-appliances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=1272","title":{"rendered":"Texans Can Save Sales Tax on Energy Efficient Appliances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1276\" alt=\"EnergyStar\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/EnergyStar-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/EnergyStar-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/EnergyStar-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/EnergyStar-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>(AUSTIN) \u2014 The opportunity for Texans to save money on energy efficient appliances is fast approaching. The state\u2019s annual ENERGY STAR\u00ae Sales Tax Holiday is from Saturday, May 25, through Monday, May 27.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexans can save twice when purchasing energy efficient appliances during the Memorial Day weekend,\u201d Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said. \u201cShoppers are expected to save about $2.9 million in sales tax during the holiday, and the energy efficient products will also help them save on their utility bills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sales tax break applies to ENERGY STAR\u00ae qualified air conditioners priced at $6,000 or less; refrigerators priced at $2,000 or less; ceiling fans; fluorescent light bulbs; dishwashers; dehumidifiers; and clothes washers. Clothes dryers are not ENERGY STAR\u00ae certified. There is more information on the sales tax holiday at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.window.state.tx.us\/taxinfo\/taxpubs\/tx96_1331\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.window.state.tx.us\/taxinfo\/taxpubs\/tx96_1331\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1279\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"energystarsavings\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/energystarsavings.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/energystarsavings.jpg 576w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/energystarsavings-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/energystarsavings-405x207.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(AUSTIN) \u2014 The opportunity for Texans to save money on energy efficient appliances is fast approaching. The state\u2019s annual ENERGY STAR\u00ae Sales Tax Holiday is from Saturday, May 25, through Monday, May 27. \u201cTexans can save twice when purchasing energy efficient appliances during the Memorial Day weekend,\u201d Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said. \u201cShoppers are expected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1272"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1280,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions\/1280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}