
As hard as it can be to think of Back to School in June, you really don’t want to miss the many opportunities to save throughout the summer! One way to save is to take advantage of your school’s Back to School Tax Free holiday.
In some states this will be just one day, and in others it could be a whole weekend. See the dates/details for your state below (and if your state in’t on this list, please comment below so I can update! )
Most of these are in August, but there are a few that start at the end of July.
Alabama – July 19-21st
Included:
- clothing – $100
- computers – $750
- school supplies – $50
- books – $30
Arkansas – August 3-4
Included:
- clothing – $100
- school supplies
Connecticut – August 18-24
Included:
- clothing and footwear – $100
Florida – August 2-6
Included:
- clothing – $60
- school supplies – $15
- computers – $1000
Iowa – August 2-3
Included:
- clothing – $100
Maryland – August 11-17
Included:
- clothing & footwear-$100
Mississippi – July 26-27
Included:
- clothing & footwear – $100
Missouri – August 2-4
Included:
- clothing – $100
- computers – $1,500
- school supplies – $50
New Mexico – August 2-4
Included:
- clothing – $100
- computers – $1,000
- computer equip. – $500
- school supplies – $30
Ohio – August 2-4
Included:
- clothing – $75
- school supplies – $20
Oklahoma – August 2-4
Included:
- clothing – $100
South Carolina – August 2-4
Included:
- clothing
- school supplies
- computers
- other
Tennessee – July 26-28
Included:
- clothing – $100
- school supplies – $100
- computers – $1,500
Texas – August 9-11
Included:
- clothing, backpacks and school supplies- $100
Virginia – August 2-4
Included:
- clothing – $100
- school supplies – $20
- energy star products – $2,500
- hurricane preparedness items – $60
- generators – $1,000
You can see a complete break down of expenses and non-taxable items here.
*If we find out dates for other states, we will add them to this list.
The following states do NOT have tax free holidays as a rule though: States not participating in Sales Tax Holidays are Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.






Michigan
Massachusetts usually has one in August! There are no laws that prohibit this.