Florida Back-To-School Sales Tax Holiday
It’s that time of year! August 3rd – August 5th, 2018, Florida will be having its annual Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday. Every summer, Florida law directs that no sales tax will be collected on the purchase of qualified back-to-school items. This includes:
- clothing, footwear and certain accessories selling for less than $60 per item
- certain school supplies selling for less than $15 per item
Here is an example of Exempt Clothing & Accessories:
- Aerobic and fitness clothing, Gym suits and uniforms
- Aprons and clothing shields
- Athletic supporters
- Baby clothes
- Backpacks and book bags
- Bathing suits, caps, and cover-ups, Swim suits and trunks
- Belts
- Bibs
- Bicycle helmets (youth)**
- Blouses
- Braces and supports worn to correct or alleviate a physical incapacity or injury*
- Bras
- Choir and altar clothing*, Clerical vestments*, Religious clothing*
- Coats
- Costumes
- Coveralls
- Diaper bags, Diapers, diaper inserts (adult and baby, cloth or disposable)
- Dresses
- Fanny packs
- Fishing vests (non-flotation)
- Formal clothing (purchased), Suits, slacks, and jackets, Ties (neckties and bow ties), Tuxedos (purchased)
- Gloves
- Graduation caps and gowns
- Hats and caps, Bandanas
- Hosiery and panty hose (including support hosiery)
- Hunting vests
- Jackets
- Jeans
- Lab coats
- Leggings, tights, and leg warmers
- Leotards
- Lingerie
- Martial arts attire
- Pants
- Purses, Coin purses
- Raincoats, rain hats, and ponchos
- Receiving blankets
- Robes
- Safety clothing & Safety shoes
- Scout uniforms
- Shawls and wraps
- Shirts
- Shoe inserts and insoles
- Shoes (including athletic), socks, Baseball cleats, Boots (except ski or fishing boots), Bowling shoes (purchased), Overshoes and rubber shoes
- Shoulder pads (e.g., dresses or jackets)
- Shorts
- Ski suits (snow)
- Skirts
- Sleepwear (nightgowns and pajamas)
- Slippers
- Slips
- Socks
- Suspenders
- Sweatbands
- Sweaters
- Underclothes
- Uniforms (work, school, and athletic – excluding pads)
- Vests
* These items are always exempt as religious, prescription, prosthetic, or orthopedic items.
** Bicycle helmets marketed for use by youth are exempt from sales tax.
Examples of Exempt School Supply Items:
- Binders
- Calculators
- Cellophane (transparent) tape
- Compasses
- Composition books
- Computer disks (blank CDs only)
- Construction paper
- Crayons
- Erasers
- Folders
- Glue (stick and liquid), Paste
- Highlighters
- Legal pads
- Lunch boxes
- Markers
- Notebooks & Notebook filler paper
- Pencils, including colored & mechanical and refills
- Pens, including felt, ballpoint, fountain, highlighters, and refills
- Poster board, Poster paper
- Protractors
- Rulers
- Scissors
For additional information, please click here to download a pdf from the Department of Revenue: click here