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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – With less than a month to go before school starts in Florida, the state is helping make school supplies more affordable.
Sales tax for certain items will be suspended during the Florida back-to-school sales tax holiday.
The following items are exempt from sales tax from July 29 to August 11:
Personal computers or personal computer-related accessories purchased for noncommercial home or personal use having a sales price of $1,500 or less:
Calculators
Desktops
Electronic book readers
Handhelds
Laptops
Tablets
Tower computers
Personal computer-related accessories, including:
Keyboards
Mice
Modems
Monitors
Nonrecreational software
Other peripheral devices
Personal digital assistants
Routers
Items having a sales price of $100 or less per item:
Clothing
All footwear, excluding skis, swim fins, roller blades, and skates
Any article of wearing apparel intended to be worn on or about the human body, excluding watches, watchbands, jewelry, umbrellas, and handkerchiefs
Wallets or bags, including:
Backpacks
Diaper bags
Fanny packs
Handbags
Briefcases, suitcases and other garment bags are excluded
School supplies having a sales price of $50 or less per item:
Binders
Cellophane tape
Compasses
Composition books
Computer disks
Construction paper
Crayons
Erasers
Folders
Glue or paste
Legal pads
Lunch boxes
Markers
Notebooks
Notebook filler paper
Pencils
Pens
Poster board
Poster paper
Protractors
Rulers
Scissors
Staplers and staples used to secure paper products
Learning aids and jigsaw puzzles having a sales price of $30 or less:
Flashcards or other learning cards
Interactive or electronic books and toys intended to teach reading or math skills
Matching or other memory games
Puzzle books and search-and-find books
Stacking or nesting blocks or sets
You can find more information about the sales tax holiday on the Florida Department of Revenue website.
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