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Florida School ‘Sales Tax Holiday' Starts Saturday, Expanded to 10-Day Period

Allowed schools supplies for purchase include binders, crayons, pens and paper

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Parents of school children across the state of Florida will get another chance to purchase items for the upcoming year without sales tax starting next weekend.

The annual back-to-school ‘Sales Tax Holiday’ starts Saturday and has been expanded to a 10-day period ending August 9th.

No state sales tax or local tax will be collected on the following items:

  • purchases of clothing, footwear, and certain accessories selling for $60 or less per item.
  • certain school supplies selling for $15 or less per item.
  • the first $1,000 of the sales price of personal computers and certain computer-related accessories, when purchased for noncommercial home or personal use.

Allowed schools supplies for purchase include binders, crayons, pens and paper. Taxable items include masking tape, staples and more.

For a complete list of both exempt and taxable items, click on this link.

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