by
PTI Marketing
| Jul 31, 2015
Florida will host a 10-day back-to-school sales tax holiday on August 7-16 to help families provide students with the supplies they need to be successful this school year.
During this holiday period, sales tax will not be collected on purchases of:
- Clothing, footwear, and certain accessories selling for $100 or less per item
- Certain school supplies selling for $15 or less per item
- Personal computers and certain computer-related accessories on the first $750 of the sales price, when purchased for noncommercial home or personal use
This sales tax holiday does not apply to:
- Any item of clothing selling for more than $100
- Any school supply item selling for more than $15
- Books that are not otherwise exempt
- Rentals or leases of any of these items
- Repairs or alterations of any of these items
- Sales of clothing, school supplies, or computers and computer-related accessories in a theme park, entertainment complex, public lodging establishment, or airport
A comprehensive list of eligible items is available at:
www.myflorida.com/dor