Especial para a galera de Seattle

Aqui nos EUA todos os preços, seja em lojas online (com exceção da Amazon - AMO!), lojas físicas, restaurantes, salões de beleza, etc., estão sem taxa (e sem gorjeta - obrigatória e de no mínimo 15% em Nebraska). A taxa varia de estado para estado e aqui é de 7%. Isso significa que na hora de pagar o produto vai custar 7% a mais (se for um local onde lhe prestam algum serviço, como num restaurante, além dos 7% tem mais a gorjeta). Ou seja, ao comprar um item cujo preço de etiqueta é 100 dólares, no caixa o valor a ser desembolsado será 107 dólares. Portanto, ter um dia para fazer compras tax free (em Seattle a taxa é de 9,5%) é uma oportunidade que não se pode perder!

Shop tax free in the West Seattle Junction on Saturday, April 16.

Nobody likes tax day, whether you’re waiting on a refund or writing a check to Uncle Sam. But everyone likes tax-free day, and that’s just what many merchants in the West Seattle Junction are offering on Saturday, April 16.

The annual event runs all day in the Junction, and 37 businesses are taking part -- from boutiques to frame shops to pizza joints. Just look for red balloons festooned outside establishments up and down the “downtown” area, your cue that tax-free shopping is to be had there.

In addition to waiving the 9.5-percent sales tax on your purchases, many businesses will also be offering killer deals on Saturday. Get ceramic bakeware -- including Le Creuset -- for 20 to 40 percent off at J.F. Henry, and 50 to 70 percent off select items at Knows Perfume. Curious Kidstuff is offering 25 percent off all purchases over $100, and all Melissa-brand shoes are $20 at Clementine.

While the tax-free day is going on, Clementine will also be hosting a trunk show for Seattle-based jewelry designer Joanna Morgan. Come check out beautiful spring accessories that will warm up your look, even if it’s still gray and drizzly outside. I love the three-strand turquoise necklace ($425) and the delicate, elegant Green Enchantment earrings ($95).

The trunk show will run from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. And yes, your Joanna Morgan purchases will also be tax-free.

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