The D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue put out a short press release today reminding residents that the annual August Sales Tax Holiday isn’t happening this year, so a number of outlets have been reporting the news as though this just happened today. In fact, this decision was made in early May, when the D.C. Council approved the FY2010 budget, which nixed the popular back-to-school and holiday-season sales tax break periods in order to hang on to an estimated $640,000 in revenue for the cash-strapped District. In its release today, the OTR reminded local merchants who have previously participated in the sales tax holiday to ensure that their point of sale equipment is programmed to collect the tax this year.