CompUSA Gives Tennesseans a Jump-Start on Great Tax-Free Deals.CompUSA Makes Tax-Free Shopping Tax-free shopping refers to the opportunity for customers to purchase goods or services without paying any tax normally collected at retail, such as sales tax, Goods and Services Tax, value added tax, or consumption tax. Convenient by Taking Early Product Reservations and Extending Store Hours NASHVILLE and KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- CompUSA is making it easier than ever to save money during Tennessee's Sales Tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. Holiday, April 27 - April 29. In addition to offering great savings, CompUSA is providing two convenient shopping options that will appeal to consumers who love to shop and to those early birds that want to avoid the crowds. For consumers who love the savings but want to minimize their time shopping during the tax-free holiday weekend, CompUSA is offering product reservations. Beginning April 22, customers can reserve products in advance of the tax-free holiday weekend by purchasing a gift card in the amount of products. The products will be reserved in the customer's name and redeemed re·deem tr.v. re·deemed, re·deem·ing, re·deems 1. To recover ownership of by paying a specified sum. 2. To pay off (a promissory note, for example). 3. with the gift card during the sales tax holiday. Shoppers must pick up their reserved products during tax-free weekend to receive the sales tax break. The product reservation secures the purchase in advance, an added benefit with discounted products that are available only while quantities last. CompUSA is also adjusting its hours to make shopping more convenient during the tax-free weekend. CompUSA locations in Nashville, Knoxville and Brentwood will extend their regular store hours on Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28 from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and on Sunday, April 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. "Our goal is to provide consumers with the best shopping experience possible and we believe that, in addition to the options of product reservations and extended hours, shoppers will also benefit from exceptional in-store sales, adding to their sales tax savings," said Harold Havard, district manager, CompUSA. In addition to the tax-free savings, customers who visit CompUSA stores will benefit from additional savings on popular technology products such as an HP Notebook for $799, a $400 savings; Compaq Computer for $499, a $200 savings; and an Envision LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show. screen for $179, a $50 savings. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Tennessee Department of Revenue The Tennessee Department of Revenue is an agency within the Tennessee state government of about 1600 people which is responsible for the "administration of state tax laws and motor vehicle title and registration laws established by the legislature and the collection of taxes and , technology products that will be exempt from sales tax during the tax-free holiday include computers with a purchase price of $1,500 or less before rebates, not for use in a trade or business. The Tennessee Department of Revenue specifies that, for purposes of this exemption, a computer is defined as a central processing unit See CPU. (architecture, processor) central processing unit - (CPU, processor) The part of a computer which controls all the other parts. Designs vary widely but the CPU generally consists of the control unit, the arithmetic and logic unit (ALU), registers, temporary buffers (CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. ), along with various other components including monitors, keyboards, mouse, speakers, cables to connect components and preloaded software. About CompUSA CompUSA Inc., a Dallas-based company, is one of the nation's leading retailers and business resellers of technology products and services. CompUSA operates 103 locations in 39 states across the nation and in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. on a go forward basis. In addition, CompUSA's Web site, www.compusa.com, offers an assortment of more than 80,000 items. |
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