From February 19-21, 2011, Maryland residents will get a 6% sales tax break on many Energy Star Products, making it a tax free shopping weekend!

Here is the list of Energy Star Products that will be sales tax free next weekend from the Comptroller of Maryland website:

* Air conditioners

* Clothes washers and dryers

* Furnaces

* Heat pumps

* Boilers

* Solar water heaters (tax-exempt at all times now)

* Standard size refrigerators

* Dehumidifiers

* Programmable thermostats

* Compact fluorescent light bulbs

This is the winter version of the August Maryland tax free shopping week of clothing and footwear items $100 or less.

So if you are in need of any new appliances or any eligible Energy Star products, make sure to get them this weekend! 6% savings right off the bat!