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“Hurricane Preparation Tax-Free Holiday” Continues Through June 1 in Florida
Andrew Smyth May 24, 2006
Know More: Florida Department of Financial Services, Insurance News, Tom Gallagher, hurricane preparation tax-free holiday, hurricane season 2.0, Tom Gallagher
Florida’s Department of Finance Officer and Fire Marshall Tom Gallagher is urging Floridians to prepare for the ensuing hurricane season according to an insurancejournal.com article.  This preparation is being helped by the state’s “Hurricane Preparation Tax-Free Holiday” which is “providing an incentive for Floridians to stock up on items like flashlights, batteries, generators and storm shutters.” 

In addition to the tax-free holiday the Department of Financial Services’ is offering a Hurricane Toolkit “to help homeowners organize their financial information, so recovery can begin more quickly in the event of a disaster, along with a checklist they can use to review their insurance coverage with their agent.”  All of this information can be found on fldfs.com.
I am confused as to why these types of measures were not taken in past years to better prepare Floridians for impending hurricane seasons?  It seems to me preparation is only done after a major disaster instead of before.  I suppose this apparent fact is due to our human curse of putting important things off to the end.  Regardless if you live in Florida please visit the Florida Department of Financial Services website for preparedness procedures and general information about the upcoming hurricane season.    

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It is funny to see how states declare tax holidays for many reasons: school, huricanes, christmas...

It looks like the states have allied with the big retailers for a "One Day Sale" :)

Get people out of their couches into the Malls.

Posted by: Jose | May 25, 2006 4:58 AM | Permalink to Comment

Jose, I would hope state governments are actually propelled by the potential good they are doing in having these tax holidays instead of simply helping retailers. Regardless of their intentions they are helping to put more money into retailers pockets and prompting citizens to prepare in the case of the hurricane season.

I know if I were living in Florida I would be taking advantage of tax free purchases. I can not imagine a tax free holiday here in California.

Thanks for your comment.

Posted by: Andrew | May 25, 2006 10:10 AM | Permalink to Comment

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