2021 Back to School Sales Tax Holiday effective through Aug. 9

Consumers can purchase qualifying back-to-school supplies, exempt from sales tax, during the 2021 Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday. Passed by the Florida Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the sales tax holiday begins Saturday, July 31 and extends through Monday, August 9.

During this sales tax holiday period, Florida law directs that no sales tax or local option tax (also known as discretionary sales surtax) will be collected on:
• Purchases of clothing, footwear, and certain accessories selling for $60 or less per item.
• Purchases of certain school supplies selling for $15 or less per item.
• The first $1,000 of the sales price of personal computers and certain computer-related accessories, purchased for personal, non-commercial use.

This sales tax holiday does NOT apply to:
• Any item of clothing selling for more than $60.
• Any school supply item selling for more than $15.
• Books that are not otherwise exempt.
• Computers and computer-related accessories purchased for commercial purposes.
• Rentals or leases of any eligible items.
• Repairs or alterations of any eligible items.
• Sale of any items in a theme park, entertainment complex, public lodging establishment, or airport.
• The rental or repair of any of the qualifying items.

More information can be found here: https://floridarevenue.com/taxes/tips/Documents/TIP_21A01-08.pdf.