When is the Back to School Tax Free Weekend?
- School supplies, clothes, and other items tax-free
- A great opportunity to #ShopLocal
Go ahead and mark your calendars! Alabama will hold its annual sales tax holiday beginning at 12:01 a.m. (CST) on Friday, July 19, and ending at midnight on Sunday, July 21, 2024. This weekend, shoppers can purchase certain school supplies, computers, and clothing tax-free. Local sales tax may apply.
Tax-exempt items include the following:
Clothing
($100 or less, per article of clothing)
School clothes and uniforms are all tax-free during this time, but did you know that DIAPERS are too?
- Belts
- Caps & Hats
- Coats, Jackets, & Raincoats
- Diapers
- Dresses
- Gloves & Scarves
- Gym Suits
- Hosiery
- Jeans, Shorts, & Pants
- Neckties
- Pajamas
- Robes
- Shoes, Sandals, & Boots
- School Uniforms
- Shirts
- Socks & Underwear
Computers & Tech
(A single purchase with a sales price of $750 or Less)
For the exemption, a computer may include a laptop, desktop, or tower computer system, consisting of a central processing unit (CPU) and devices such as a display monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers sold as a computer package. Computer parts and devices not sold as part of a package with the CPU will not qualify for the exemption
- Computer software
- Computer Storage Media; diskettes, compact disks
- Handheld electronic schedulers, except devices that are cellular phones
- Personal digital assistants, except devices that are cellular phones
- Computer Printers
- Printer Supplies for Computers (printer paper, printer ink)
School Supplies
(Sales Price of $50 or Less, per item)
- Binders
- Chalk
- Book Bags & Backpacks
- Calculators
- Cellophane Tape
- Compasses & Protractors
- Composition Books
- Crayons & Markers
- Erasers
- Folders (expandable, pocket, plastic & manila)
- Glue, paste, and paste sticks
- Highlighters
- Index Cards & Index Card Boxes
- Legal Pads & Writing Tablets
- Lunch Boxes
- Notebooks
- Paper (loose leaf ruled notebook paper, copy paper, graph paper, tracing paper, manila paper, colored paper, poster board, and construction paper)
- Pencil Boxes & Other School Supply Boxes
- Pencil Sharpeners
- Pencils & Pens
- Rulers
- Scissors
Art Supplies
(Sales Price of $50 or less, per item)
- Clay & Glazes
- Paints (Acrylic, Tempora & Oil)
- Paintbrushes for artwork
- Sketch and Drawing Pads
- Watercolors
School Instructional Materials
- Reference Maps and Globes
- Required Textbooks on an official school book list with a sales price of more than $30 and less than $50
Books
(Sales Price of $30 or Less, per book, Noncommercial Purchases)
Now’s the time to set some reading goals and stock up at Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, or the Off-Campus Bookstore!
- Picture books
- Chapter books
- Dictionaries & Thesauruses
- Journals
- YA books
- Required reading titles
For a complete list of what’s exempt and what’s NOT, visit the Alabama Sales Tax Website.
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