As we enter the back to school season, you’ll want to take special note of tax holidays. Implemented in several states, a tax holiday suspends sales tax for a short period of time on certain categories of purchases. The idea is to give families a financial break as the buy school clothes and supplies for the kids.
So to help you plan, we put together the following table of tax holidays by state. For each state that offers tax breaks, we’ve included the dates of the tax holidays, what purchases qualify, and if there are limitations. We’ve also provided a link to the source of our information.
Alabama 8/6 - 8/8 Computers $750
Clothing $100
School Supplies $50
Books $30
Connecticut 8/15 - 8/21 Clothing and Footwear $300
Florida 8/13 - 8/15 Clothing and Books $50
School Supplies $10
Illinois** 8/6 - 8/15 School Supplies No Limit
Clothing and Footwear $100
Iowa 8/6 - 8/7 Clothing $100
Louisiana 5/29 - 5/30 Hurricane Preparedness Items $1500
8/6 - 8/7 Tangible Personal Property $2500
9/3 - 9/5 Firearms, Ammunition and Hunting Supplies No Limit
Mississippi 7/30 - 7/31 Clothing and Footwear $100
Missouri 4/19 - 4/25 Energy Star Products $1500
8/6 - 8/8 Computers $3500
Clothing $100
School Supplies $50
New Mexico 8/6 - 8/8 Computers $1000
Clothing $100
School Supplies $15
North Carolina 8/6 - 8/8 Computers $3500
Instructional Material $300
Computer Equipment $250
Clothing $100
School Supplies $100
Sports Equipment $50
11/5 - 11-7 Energy Star Products No Limit
Oklahoma 8/6 - 8/8 Clothing $100
South Carolina 8/6 - 8/8 Clothing, School Supplies and Computers No Limit
Tennessee 8/6 - 8/8 Computers $1500
School Supplies $100
Clothing $100
Texas 5/29 - 5/31 Air Conditioners $6000
Other Energy Star Products $2000
8/20 - 8/22 Clothing, Backpacks and School Supplies $100
Vermont 3/6 Personal Purchase $2000
Virginia 5/25 - 5/31 Generators $1000
Hurricane preparedness items $60
8/6 - 8/8 Clothing $100
School Supplies $20
10/8 - 10/11 Energy Star Products $2500
West Virginia 9/1 - 11/30 Energy Star Products $5000
* The spend limit is for each item sold. This means you can buy multiple items and pay no sales tax as long as each one is below the limit set by the state
** Illinois is only reducing their sales tax by 5%. Items purchased will not be 100% tax free, rather 5% reduced. (So if sales tax is 9%, the holiday makes it 4%)
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