Supply Side: Parents Expect to Pay More for Back-to-School

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
A majority of parents expect to pay more for back
to school this year than last year, and seventy percent
believe back to school costs are too high. According to
wallet Hub, financial planner Bill Dendy says, this expense sneaks
up on a lot of folks, like those.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
Who are surprised when it's time to pay the property
taxes or a tax time at the end of the year.
It's one of the things that we know we're going
to have to do play the holiday season, and I
see a number of people going to debt this time
of year and hope to come back out of just
in time to go back in the debt for the holidays.

Speaker 1 (00:26):
In fact, three quarters of parents say they're willing to
go into debt for their kids' school costs. The Texas
Tax Free School Supply Holiday is coming up this weekend.
Corey Yelsen, who's Radio seven forty KTRH