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READING, WRITING AND RETAILING; DOLLAR POWER OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) July 31, 2002 | Jason Roberson Dayton Daily News Many kids paying their own bills for pencils, books Many school-age kids plan to buy school supplies with their own money this year and retailers are more than happy to take it.
One out of every three adults with children between ages 6 to 17 say their children plan to use their own money for back-to-school shopping this year, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation of 559 families. And, on average, those children will spend $131 on back-to-school items.
Overall, the adults with school-age children said they will spend an average of $442 on back-to-school shopping, relatively unchanged from last year’s average of $457 per household. site power supply calculator
The survey also highlighted the significant disparity in child spending based on their age. Nearly half of the households with children ages 13 to 17 say their kids will use their own money on back-to-school purchases. That age group will spend, on average, $147 more than those younger than age 13.
Meanwhile, 31.4 percent of consumers with kids ages 6 to 12 say their children will shop with their own money.
“When parents gear up for back-to-school, they know they’re in for a financial tug-of-war with their children,” said Tracy Mullin, NRF president and chief executive officer.
CoolSavings Inc., a Chicago-based market research company, said that of the 2,426 parent-of-teens it interviewed, 56 percent said they paid for 100 percent of their teen’s back-to-school apparel, but 27 percent reported having a great deal of influence over what items were purchased.
Most parents detest buying school supplies that used to be provided by the school, according to CoolSavings. Of the 3,754 households it surveyed, most were frustrated about buying standard items they felt the school should provide.
“As schools experience more pressure on their budgets, they are bound to look to parents and teachers to supplement the needs that aren’t being met,” said Matt Moog, president and chief executive officer of CoolSavings. “Unlike other back-to-school expenses, however, these `shopping lists’ are expenses that parents have no control over.” The School, Home and Office Products Association, a Dayton-based market research firm, said approximately 80 percent of elementary schools and junior high schools provided a list of supplies required for purchase last school year. Only 41 percent of high schools and 14 percent of colleges provide a required product list. go to website power supply calculator
Among the required items, SHOPA said 80 percent of junior high and high school teachers required students to buy a calculator with multiple functions, which ranks among the most expensive items.
To offset the cost of buying back-to-school items, some states have sales tax holidays, where consumers can purchase clothes, shoes, schoolbooks and often computers without paying sales tax.
Although Ohio doesn’t have such a holiday, Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder tried to implement one last year.
But a tax savings for consumers can become a tax burden on state budgets, according to the Federation of Tax Administrators, a research group. After Florida lost $28 million in tax revenue last year, it opted against its tax-free period in 2002 for the first time in five years. Maryland also has decided against its sales-tax holiday.
The tax burden varies with state size. Texas could lose up to $25 million in lost revenue during its sales-tax holiday this weekend, while smaller states are expected to lose $1.1 million in lost revenue.
According to SHOPA, last year there were:
* 4 million pre-school students who generated $79.5 million in sales for retailers.
* 22 million students in kindergarten through the fifth grade who generated $880.9 million in revenue.
* 11 million students in the sixth through eighth grades who generated $543.6 million for retailers.
* 14.9 million students in grades 9 through 12 who generated $826.3 million in sales.
* 15.3 million college students who generated $2.5 billion in sales.
Jason Roberson Dayton Daily News
