Texas Tax Free Weekend starts August 9
Are you making your lists and checking them twice? No, it’s not Christmas but any cost-savings feels like it! It’s time for Tax Free weekend 2013, a great chance to stock up on school supplies and clothing for kids for Back to School!
This information was reprinted from:
http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/taxpubs/taxholiday/d/
As in previous years, the law exempts most clothing and footwear priced under $100 from sales and use taxes, which could save shoppers about $8 on every $100 they spend. Backpacks under $100 and used by elementary and secondary students are also exempt. A backpack is a pack with straps one wears on the back. The exemption during the sales tax holiday includes backpacks with wheels, provided they can also be worn on the back like a traditional backpack, and messenger bags. The exemption does not include items that are reasonably defined as luggage, briefcases, athletic/duffle/gym bags, computer bags, purses or framed backpacks. Ten or fewer backpacks can be purchased tax-free at one time without providing an exemption certificate to the seller.
School Supplies that are Tax Exempt
The following is a list of qualifying school supplies (if priced less than $100):
Binders
Book bags
Calculators
Cellophane tape
Compasses
Blackboard chalk
Crayons
Composition books
Erasers
Folders; expandable, pocket, plastic, and manila
Glue, paste and paste sticks
Highlighters
Index cards, Index card boxes
Legal pads
Lunch boxes
Markers, including dry erase markers
Notebooks and writing tablets
Paper; loose leaf ruled notebook paper, copy paper, graph paper, tracing paper, manila paper, colored paper, poster board, and construction paper
Pencil boxes and other school supply boxes
Pencil sharpeners, Pencils, Pens,
Protractors, Rulers and Scissors
For a complete list of clothing and other items that are Tax Exempt, please click here.
http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/taxpubs/tx98_490/tx98_490.html