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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="11-228" title_number="11" title_name="Sales and Use Tax" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Exemptions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “accessory items” includes jewelry, watches, watchbands, handbags, handkerchiefs, umbrellas, scarves, ties, headbands, and belt buckles.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Beginning in calendar year 2010, the 7–day period from the second Sunday in August through the following Saturday shall be a tax–free period for back–to–school shopping in Maryland during which the exemption under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall apply.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>During the tax–free period for back–to–school shopping established under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the sales and use tax does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the sale of any item of clothing or footwear, excluding accessory items, if the taxable price of the item of clothing or footwear is $100 or less; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the first $40 of the taxable price of any backpack or bookbag.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
