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Missouri: Rebates, sales tax breaks to boost purchases of appliances
Posted on 20. Apr, 2010 by GMS Editor in Featured, Newsflash, ShowOnLatestPanel
By DON NORFLEET
The Fulton Sun
This is the week to buy energy-efficient household appliances in Missouri.
The state of Missouri has rolled out two incentive plans to encourage people to buy eco-friendly appliances.
One state program offers a rebate check and the other grants a Missouri sales tax holiday this week on qualifying energy efficient appliances.
In addition, many retailers are offering special discounts to attract customers to their stores. To further sweeten the deals, many utilities, including AmerenUE, also offer rebates on energy-efficient furnaces.
Starting Monday, Missourians who buy many new energy-efficient appliances will be eligible to receive up to $575 in rebates from a new statewide program if they don’t mind jumping through several bureaucratic hoops in order to achieve the rebate check.
Additional savings can be achieved this week by buying an appliance during the week-long special Show-Me Green Sales Tax holiday. No Missouri state sales taxes will be collected on qualifying Energy Star certified new appliances costing up to $1,500 per appliance if purchased between 12:01 a.m. on April 19 and ending at midnight on Sunday, April 25.
The rebates are funded by federal stimulus money through the American Recovery Act. States around the nation are giving rebates to consumers to replace inefficient home appliances with energy-efficient models.
From the federal government, Missouri received $5.6 million to fund its Energize Missouri Appliance Rebate Program, which started Monday.
Missouri will offer the rebates until all of the $5.6 million the state received from the federal government runs out.
Missouri consumers can qualify for rebates ranging from $75 to $500 with a maximum of $575 for multiple appliances.
Rebates on appliance models that qualify for the ENERGY STAR rating are: Gas furnaces, $125; central air conditioning, $100; air source heat pump, $250; tankless gas water heaters, $100; electric heat pump water heaters, $150; solar water heaters with gas or electric backup, $500; clothes washers, $75; and dishwashers, $75.
Eligible appliances are arranged into five categories. Only one rebate is allowed from each of five appliance categories — space heating, space cooling, water heaters, clothes washers and dishwashers. No more than $575 can be collected for multiple appliance purchases.
The appliance purchased must be a replacement for an existing appliance. Purchases made for constructing a new home are not included in the rebate program if the purchase did not replace an existing installed appliance.
Brandon Irwin, assistant manager at the Sears store in Fulton, said business was brisk Monday. He said the store is offering a 30 percent discount on qualifying ENERGY STAR appliances. “The discount itself without all of the other incentives is a terrific deal. The rebates and sales tax breaks further sweeten the deal,” Irwin said.
Starting Wednesday, a limited number of rebates also are scheduled to be available for consumers to reserve directly on-line at www.missouriappliancerebate.com or by telephone at 877-541-4848. It’s important to print the reservation form that is used in the application for the rebate. The rebate program may last longer in Missouri than it did in Illinois, which cut off the program after one day when all of its rebate reservations had been made.
Consumers also must show proof that their old replaced appliance was recycled. This can be determined by visiting MissouriApplianceRebate.com for details on recycling proof.
Within 60 days of making a reservation, consumers then must sign and mail their completed rebate application form along with the proof of purchase, residency and recycling to: Energize Missouri Appliance Rebate Program, Dept. 21282, P.O. Box 3688, Medina, Ohio 44258-3688.
