Back-to-school shopping is the last thing on their minds.

But businesses and some state-government officials are far ahead of them, already pushing to bring back the back-to-school sales-tax replica handbags . A bill making its way through the Legislature would renew the sales-tax holiday for 2011, making the third weekend in August tax-free for certain school-related items.


"The sales-tax holiday is a very special event in the hearts of Floridians," said Rick McAllister, president and CEO of the Florida Retail Cheap Chanel Handbags .

The Florida Retail Federation commissioned a study by The Washington Economics Group Inc., that it says shows the holiday pays for itself. According to the study findings, the sales-tax holiday Aug. 13-15, 2010, resulted in a $115 million increase in sales of Hermes replica handbags items from the same period in 2009, which had no sales-tax holiday. The study said that would mean increased tax revenue of $7 million to the state.