Back to School Tax-Free Holidays 2017
The kids will be going back-to-school before you know it… are you ready? Every year, the kids have a long list of supplies that they need to buy for the upcoming school year, and of course, they need new clothes and shoes… so why not save a little bit of money and shop tax-free?!
If you haven’t already, start taking a look at your local store flyers to see which stores may be running special pricing on their back-to-school items, combine it with the NO TAX holiday, and you will save even more money!
Several states nationwide are offering tax-free holidays for back-to-school items, such as school supplies, clothing, footwear, and even stuff for the dorm and home. Here is a list of states nationwide that will be offering tax holidays in August 2017:
Arkansas August 5-6, 2017
- Clothing – $100
- Clothing Accessories or Equipment – $50
- School Art Supplies
- School supplies
- School Instructional Materials
Connecticut August 20-26, 2017
- Clothing and Footwear – $100 or less
Florida August 4-6, 2017
- Clothing, footwear, and certain accessories – $60 or less per item
- School supplies – $15 or less per item
- Computers and certain computer-related accessories when purchased for noncommercial home or personal use – $750 or less per item
Iowa August 4-5, 2017
- Clothing & footwear, each item up to $100
Louisiana August 4-5, 2017
- The Louisiana Annual Sales Tax Holiday provides an exemption from state sales tax on the first $2,500 of the purchase price of most individual items of tangible personal property for non-business use. The state sales tax is payable on the portion of the purchase price of any individual item in excess of $2,500.
Maryland August 13-19, 2017
- Clothing & Footwear, each item up to $100
Massachusetts August 12-13, 2017
- Clothing – up to $175 per item
- Most purchases less than $2500 threshold amount
Missouri August 4-6, 2017
- Clothing – any article having a taxable value of $100 or less
- School supplies – not to exceed $50 per purchase
- Computer software – taxable value of $350 or less
- Personal computers – not to exceed $1,500
- Computer peripheral devices – not to exceed $1,500
- Graphing Calculators – not to exceed $150
New Mexico August 4-6, 2017
- Clothing & footwear, each item up to $100
- Computers: desktop, laptop, tablets or notebook up to $1,000
- Related computer hardware – $500
- School supplies for use in standard, general-education classrooms must be under $30 per unit
Ohio August 4-6, 2017
- Clothing priced at $75 per item or less
- School supplies priced at $20 per item or less
- School instructional material priced at $20 per item or less
Oklahoma August 4-6, 2017
- Clothing & footwear, each item up to $100
South Carolina August 4-6, 2017
Texas August 11-13, 2017
- Clothing & footwear: $100 or Less
- School Supplies & Backpacks: $100 or Less
Virginia August 4-6, 2017
- School Supplies, Clothing, and Footwear:
- Qualified school supplies – $20 or less per item
- Qualified clothing and footwear – $100 or less per item
In addition to school supplies, Virginia is also offering additional tax-free items the weekend of August 4-6. 2017:
- Hurricane and Emergency Preparedness Items:
- Portable generators – $1,000 or less per item
- Gas-powered chainsaws – $350 or less per item
- Chainsaw accessories – $60 or less per item
- Other specified hurricane preparedness items with a sales price of $60 or less per item
- Detailed list of hurricane preparedness items
- Energy Star andWaterSense Items:
- Qualifying items carrying either the Energy Star or WaterSense label with a sales price of $2,500 or less purchased for noncommercial home or personal use.
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