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Its time for tax-free shopping days! Every year during the summertime, States provide Sales Tax Holidays, so that parents can buy back to school supplies, clothing, school items, footwear, computers, and other items on select dates without having to pay sales tax.
Big brands such as Amazon, Walmart, and Target also allow customers to shop online without adding sales tax! The states Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon doesn’t have a sales tax. Not every town and county will participate in the sales tax holidays, nor will every item be tax-free.
Tax holidays 2020
Here is a rundown of states offering back-to-school tax-free shopping dates in 2020:
Alabama sales tax weekend
Dates: July 17-19
What’s tax-free:
- Clothing and footwear: $100 or less
- Technology: Single purchases $750 or less of computers, computer software and school computer supplies
- School supplies: $50 or less
- Books: $30 or less
Arkansas sales tax holiday
Dates: August 1-2
What’s tax-free:
- Clothing and footwear: Less than $100
- Clothing accessories or equipment: Less than $50
- Select school supplies, school art supplies and instructional materials: No limit
Connecticut tax-free week
Dates: August 6-22
What’s tax-free: Clothing and footwear, less than $100
Florida sales tax holiday
Dates: August 7-9
What’s tax free:
- Clothing, footwear and accessories: $60 or less
- School supplies: $15 or less
- Computers and accessories: $1,000 or less per item
Iowa sales tax holiday
Dates: August 7-8
What’s tax-free: Clothing and footwear, less than $100
Maryland tax-free week
Dates: August 9-15
What’s tax-free:
- Clothing and footwear: $100 or less
- Backpacks: The first $40 is tax-exempt
Massachusetts sales tax holiday
Dates: August 29-30
What’s tax-free: Almost everything that costs up to $2,500. In Massachusetts, there is no sales tax on clothes less than $175 year round.
Mississippi sales tax holiday
Dates: July 31-August 1
What’s tax-free: Clothing, footwear, and school supplies, less than $100 per item
Missouri sales tax holiday
Dates: August 7-9
What’s tax-free:
- Clothing: Up to $100
- School supplies: Not to exceed $50 per purchase
- Personal computers: Up to $1,500
- Computer software: Up to $350
- Graphing calculators: Up to $150
New Mexico tax holiday
Dates: August 7-9
What’s tax-free:
- Clothing and footwear: Less than $100
- Computers: $1,000 or less
- Computer-related items: Up to $500
- School supplies: Less than $30
Ohio sales tax holiday
Dates: August 7-9
What’s tax-free:
- Clothing: $75 or less
- School supplies and instructional materials: $20 or less
Oklahoma sales tax holiday
Dates: August 7-9
What’s tax-free: Clothing and footwear, less than $100
South Carolina sales tax holiday
Dates: August 7-9
What’s tax-free:
- Clothing: No limit
- School supplies: No limit
- Computers, computer parts and accessories, printers, ink: No limit
- Books and musical instruments: Tax-free if “used for school assignments.”
- Bed and bath: No limit, includes blankets, bed spreads, bed linens, towels, etc
Tennessee sales tax holiday
Dates: July 31-August 2
What’s tax-free:
- Clothing and shoes: $200 or less
- School supplies: $200 or less
- Computers, tablets, smartphones, televisions, video game consoles: $3,000 or less
Texas sales tax holiday
Dates: August 7-9
What’s tax-free:
- Clothing and footwear: Less than $100
- School supplies and backpacks: Less than $100
Virginia sales tax holiday
Dates: August 7-9
What’s tax-free:
- Clothing and footwear: $100 or less
- School supplies: $20 or less
- Hurricane and emergency preparedness products: Portable generators up to $1,000; gas-powered chainsaws $350 or less; other specified hurricane preparedness items, $60 or less per item.
- Energy Star and WaterSense products: $2,500 or less per item
