Tax Free Weekend timing hinders back-to-school shopping

(WSPA) – A recent report finds the price of some typical school supply essentials has jumped by double digits. The analysis by Groundwork Collaborative and The Century Foundation finds binders are up 13% and index cards up 40%.

But one big effort to help parents save in South Carolina, the Tax Free Weekend, Friday, August 7 – Sunday, August 9, isn’t timing out well because in some cases it falls after school begins.

7NEWS Here to Help reached out to lawmakers, and they’ve now introduced a new bill to change that, but it won’t help for this year…

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