Patrick Signs 2013 Sales Tax Holiday into Law

Two days after the Massachusetts Legislature acted on a proposal to enact a sales tax holiday in the Commonwealth for Aug. 10 and 11, Gov. Deval Patrick signed the bill into law.

According to Patrick's official Twitter account, he signed the sales tax holiday for 2013 Friday after the bill was passed Wednesday. The bill allows state businesses to lift the 6.25 percent sales tax for those two days.

Some items are not within the bounds of the tax exemption though, including any single item sold for more than $2,500. Also products such as tobacco, gasoline, meals and utilities will not be sold tax-free.

This is the ninth consecutive year the state has enacted a sales tax holiday.

The original text of this year's tax holiday bill can be found on the state Legislature's website.