JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday starts in one week.
The tax-free shopping period runs from Monday, July 29 through Sunday, August 11.
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You’ll pay no sales tax on learning aids and jigsaw puzzles selling for under $30.
Most school supplies under $50 will be tax-free. The same goes for clothing, footwear, and accessories under $100.
For more information about the holiday, click here. To see a list of FAQs about the holiday, click here.
Here’s a list of some of the items included:
Personal computers or personal computer-related accessories purchased for noncommercial home or personal use having a sales price of $1,500 or less:
o Personal computers* include:
➢ Calculators
➢ Desktops
➢ Electronic book readers
➢ Handhelds
➢ Laptops
➢ Tablets
➢ Tower computers
* The term does not include cellular telephones, video game consoles, digital media receivers, or devices that are not primarily designed to process data.
o Personal computer-related accessories*+ include:
➢ Keyboards
➢ Mice
➢ Modems
➢ Monitors
➢ Nonrecreational software
➢ Other peripheral devices
➢ Personal digital assistants
➢ Routers
* The listed accessories are tax-exempt regardless of whether they are used in association with a personal computer base unit.
+ The term does not include furniture or systems, devices, software, monitors with a television tuner, or peripherals that are designed or intended primarily for recreational use.
Items having a sales price of $100 or less per item:
o Clothing
➢ All footwear, excluding skis, swim fins, roller blades, and skates
➢ Any article of wearing apparel intended to be worn on or about the human body, excluding watches, watchbands, jewelry, umbrellas, and handkerchiefs
o Wallets or bags*, including
➢ Backpacks
➢ Diaper bags
➢ Fanny packs
➢ Handbags
* Briefcases, suitcases, and other garment bags are excluded.
School supplies having a sales price of $50 or less per item:
o Binders
o Cellophane tape
o Compasses
o Composition books
o Computer disks
o Construction paper
o Crayons
o Erasers
o Folders
o Glue or paste
o Legal pads
o Lunch boxes
o Markers
o Notebooks
o Notebook filler paper
o Pencils
o Pens
o Poster board
o Poster paper
o Protractors
o Rulers
o Scissors
o Staplers and staples used to secure paper products
• Learning aids and jigsaw puzzles having a sales price of $30 or less:
o Flashcards or other learning cards
o Interactive or electronic books and toys intended to teach reading or math skills
o Matching or other memory games
o Puzzle books and search-and-find books
o Stacking or nesting blocks or sets
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