It’s that time of year again! Florida shoppers once again will have a three-day “tax-free holiday” weekend in anticipation of the new school year. This year’s sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, August 5, 2016, and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, August 7, 2016.
No Florida sales tax or local option tax will be collected during this time on the following: Clothing, footwear, and certain accessories selling for $60 or less per item, and certain school supplies selling for $15 or less per item. This holiday does not apply to personal computers and computer-related accessories.
Among the allowed school supplies are the following: Binders, calculators, cellophane (transparent) tape, blank CDs, construction paper, lunch boxes, notebook filler paper, poster paper and scissors.
School supply items that are NOT exempt from sales taxes include: Books that are not otherwise exempt; computer paper; correction tape – fluid – pens; masking tape; printer paper; staplers and staples.
Miami-Dade School Board chair Perla Tabares Hantman’s proposal to promote this holiday to families was unanimously agreed upon by her School Board colleagues at their May 2016 meeting.
For more information about the sales tax holiday, and for lists of specific items and their taxable status during the tax-free period visit http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/tips/pdf/tip16a01-06_2016final06022016.pdf.