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by June 13, 2026
For consumers, sales tax holidays feel like a win—a rare chance to snag back-to-school gear, emergency supplies, or energy-efficient appliances without the added sales tax charge. But for businesses, these “holidays” are anything but a vacation.
While these holidays are designed to boost retail activity, they introduce a layer of complexity to your compliance strategy. Missing a date or misapplying an exemption doesn’t just frustrate customers; it can lead to costly filing errors and audit risks. Because many states require annual legislative approval or adjust their dates year-to-year, staying compliant requires constant vigilance.
We’ve compiled the most up-to-date schedule for 2026 below. Since several states have yet to finalize their specific windows, we recommend bookmarking this page. Our team will be updating this guide in real-time as new dates and categories are officially announced throughout the year.
Take a look at the video below where Logan from Stripe Tax breaks down the exact compliance traps hidden inside sales tax holidays. Using Alabama as a prime example, he explains how granular rules, local opt-ins, and destination-based boundaries make automation essential for survival this season.
List of 2026 sales tax holidays
Find your state and see which items are sales tax exempt during the designated holiday:
Alabama sales tax holidays 2026
February 21-23, 2026 – Severe weather preparedness sales tax holiday
- Covered items, $60 or less per item:
- Batteries
- Cellular phone battery and charger
- Portable self-powered or battery-powered radio, two way radio, weatherband radio, or NOAA weather radio
- Portable self-powered light source, including battery powered flashlights, lanterns, or emergency glow sticks
- Tarpaulin, Plastic sheeting, Plastic drop cloths, Other flexible, waterproof sheeting
- Ground anchor system, such as bungee cords or rope, or tiedown kit
- Duct tape
- Plywood, window film or other materials specifically designed to protect window coverings
- Non-electric food storage cooler or water storage container
- Non-electric can opener
- Artificial ice, blue ice, Ice packs, reusable ice
- Self-contained first aid kit
- Fire extinguisher
- Smoke detector
- Carbon monoxide detector
- Gas or Diesel fuel tank or container
- A single purchase with a sales price of $1000 or less of any portable generator and power cords used to provide light or communications or preserve food in the event of a power outage.
July 17-19, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
- Clothing with a sales price of $100.00 or less per article of clothing
- Computers, software, and computer school supplies – The computer package will qualify for the exemption if the dollar amount of the sale is at or below $750
- Noncommercial purchases of school supplies, school art supplies, and school instructional material, up to a sales price of $50 per item
- Required textbooks on an official school book list with a sales price of more than $30 and less than $50
- Noncommercial purchases of books with a sales price of not more than $30 per book
- Covered items are exempt only if the individual item is priced at or below the established threshold for the exemption
Arkansas sales tax holiday 2026
August 1-2, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
- Clothing less Than $100 per item
- Clothing accessory or equipment less than $50 per item
- Items that are eligible for the holiday without a threshold are school supplies, school art supplies, school instructional materials, and electronic devices.
Connecticut sales tax holiday 2026
August 16-22, 2026 – Sales tax free week
- Clothing & footwear less than $100
Yes, the TaxJar API honors all of the sales tax holidays listed here. Just set your product codes and we’ll make sure you’re not charging sales tax on non-taxable products during sales tax holidays in 2026. If you are ready to automate sales tax, start your free, 30-day TaxJar trial today.
Florida sales tax holiday 2026
July 20-August 20, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
- Learning aids and jigsaw puzzles selling for $30 or less
- Most school supplies selling for $50 or less
- Clothing, footwear, and accessories selling for $100 or less
- Computers and related accessories selling for $1,500 or less (when purchased for non-commercial and personal use)
September 1-December 31, 2026 — Hunting, fishing, and camping sales tax holiday
- Ammunition
- Firearms
- Firearms accessories: barrels; cases or range bags; charging handles; cleaning
kits; handguards; holsters; internal parts and components; magazines or other
ammunition feeding devices or carriers; pistol grips; shooting chronographs;
shooting mats, rests, or bipods; sights or optics; slides or cylinders; slings;
stocks or braces; suppressors or silencers; triggers - Bows
- Crossbows
- Bow and crossbow accessories: arrows, bolts, quarrels, quivers, releases, sights
or optics, wrist guards - Bait or fishing tackle if sold individually ($20 or less if multiple items are sold together), $10 or less
- Flashlights, camping lanterns, tackle boxes or bags if $30 or less
- Camping stoves, collapsible camping chairs, portable hammocks, sleeping bags if $50 or less
- Rods and reels if sold individually ($150 or less if sold as a set) or if $75 or less
- Tents, if $200 or less
Illinois sales tax holiday 2026
August 7-16, 2026 — Back to school sales tax holiday
- Retail selling price must be less than $125 per item, including
- household and shop aprons
- athletic supporters
- bathing suits and caps
- belts and suspenders
- coats and jackets
- gloves and mittens
- hats, caps, and ear muffs
- lab coats
- neckties
- rainwear
- rubber pants (covers for cloth diapers)
- scarves
- underwear
- school uniforms
- shorts and pants
- skirts and dresses
- hosiery and pantyhose
- shirts and blouses
- Retail selling price must be less than $125 per item, including
- shoes, sneakers, and shoe laces
- sandals
- slippers
- socks and stockings
- footlets
- boots and overshoes
- insoles for shoes
- steel-toed shoes
- Must be used by students in the course of study, including
- binders
- bookbags
- calculators
- cellophane tape
- blackboard chalk
- composition books
- crayons
- colored pencils
- erasers
- expandable pocket, plastic, and manila folders
- glue, paste, and paste sticks
- highlighters
- index cards and index card boxes
- legal pads
- lunch boxes
- markers
- notebooks and notebook paper, including loose leaf notebook, copy, graph, tracing, manila, colored and construction paper, and poster board
- pencils and pencil leads
- pens, ink, and ink refills for pens
- pencil boxes and other school supply boxes
- pencil sharpeners
- protractors, rulers, and compasses
- scissors
Iowa sales tax holiday 2026
August 7-8, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
- No sales tax, including local option sales tax, will be collected on sales of an article of clothing or footwear having a selling price less than $100
- The exemption does not apply in any way to the price of an item selling for $100 or more
- The exemption applies to each article priced under $100 regardless of how many items are sold on the same invoice to a customer
Louisiana sales tax holiday 2026
September 4-6, 2026 – Second Amendment weekend
- Any consumer purchase of firearms, ammunition, and hunting supplies
Maryland sales tax holidays 2026
February 14-16, 2026 – Shop Maryland energy
- The following Energy Star products are tax free during the holiday:
- Air conditioners
- Washers and dryers
- Solar water heaters
- Heating systems
- Standard size refrigerators
- Dehumidifiers
- Programmable thermostats
- Compact fluorescent light bulbs
August 9-15, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
- Apparel and footwear $100 or less, per item
- The first $40 of a backpack or bookbag purchase is tax-free
- Accessory items, except for backpacks, are not included
Massachusetts sales tax holiday 2026
August 8-9, 2026 – Sales tax holiday
- Most retail items of up to $2,500, purchased in Massachusetts for personal use on these two days
- For TaxJar customers: We recommend double-checking that all your non-PTC assigned items are updated to the “General Tangible Goods” PTC (99000000A0000) to ensure the relevant items are exempt from sales tax during this holiday.
Mississippi sales tax holidays 2026
July 10-12, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
- Clothing & footwear less than $100
August 28-30, 2026 – Second Amendment sales tax holiday
- Sale of firearms, ammunition and certain hunting supplies
- Hunting Supplies are defined as: archery equipment, firearm and archery cases, firearm and archery accessories, hearing protection, holsters, belts and slings
Missouri sales tax holidays 2026
April 19-25, 2026 – Show Me Green sales tax holiday
The following energy star certified appliances qualify for the holiday, up to $1,500 per appliance:
- Clothes washers
- Clothes dryers
- Water heaters
- Trash compactors
- Dishwashers
- Conventional ovens
- Ranges
- Stoves
- Air conditioners
- Furnaces
- Refrigerators
- Freezers
- Heat Pumps
August 7-9, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
- Any article of clothing having a taxable value of $100 or less
- School supplies that do not exceed $50 per purchase
- Computer software that has a taxable value of $350 or less
- Personal computers that do not exceed $1,500
- Computer peripheral devices that do not to exceed $1,500
- Graphing calculators that do not to exceed $150
New Mexico sales tax holidays 2026
July 31-August 2, 2026 – Back to school sales tax free holiday
- Clothing or shoes priced at less than $100 per unit ($99.99 or less). However, accessories and special clothing or footwear primarily designed for athletic activity or protective use and not normally worn beyond the scope of the athletic activity or protective use remain taxable
- The price limit for desktop, laptop, tablets or notebook computers is $1,000, and for related computer hardware it is $500
- School supplies students normally use in a standard classroom for educational purposes
Ohio sales tax holiday 2026
August 7-9, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
- Clothing priced at $75 or less per item; school supplies priced at $20 or less per item; and school instructional materials priced at $20 or less per item.
Oklahoma sales tax holiday 2026
August 7-9, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
- Clothing & footwear costing less than $100 ($99.99) per article of clothing or pair of footwear
Puerto Rico sales tax holiday 2026
July 17-18, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
- School uniforms and school supplies
May 22-25, 2026 – Hurricane preparedness
- Find a full list of exempt items here.
South Carolina sales tax holiday 2026
August 7-9, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
- Clothing and accessories
- Footwear
- School supplies used for school assignments
- Computers, software, and printers
- Certain bed and bath supplies
Tennessee sales tax holidays 2026
July 31-August 2, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
- General apparel that costs $100 or less per item, such as shirts, pants, socks, shoes, dresses, etc.
- School and art supplies with a purchase price of $100 or less per item, such as binders, backpacks, crayons, paper, pens, pencils, and rulers, and art supplies such as glazes, clay, paints, drawing pads, and artist paint brushes
- Computers for personal use with a purchase price of $1,500 or less
- Laptop computers, if priced at $1,500 or less, also qualify as well as tablet computers
Texas sales tax holidays 2026
April 25-27, 2026 – Emergency preparation supplies sales tax holiday
- These emergency preparation supplies qualify for tax exemption if purchased for a sales price:
- Less than $3000
- Portable generators
- Less than $300
- Emergency ladders
- Hurricane shutters
- Less than $75
- Axes
- Batteries, single or multipack (AAA cell, AA cell, C cell, D cell, 6 volt or 9 volt)
- Can openers – nonelectric
- Carbon monoxide detectors
- Coolers and ice chests for food storage – nonelectric
- Fire extinguishers
- First aid kits
- Fuel containers
- Ground anchor systems and tie-down kits
- Hatchets
- Ice products – reusable and artificial
- Light sources – portable self-powered (including battery operated)
- Examples of items include: candles, flashlights and lanterns
- Mobile telephone batteries and mobile telephone chargers
- Radios – portable self-powered (including battery operated) – includes two-way and weather band radios
- Smoke detectors
- Tarps and other plastic sheeting
- Less than $3000
May 23-25, 2026 – Energy Star sales tax holiday
- You can buy, rent or lease only the following ENERGY STAR®-labeled items tax free:
- Air conditioners (with a sales price of $6,000 or less)
- Refrigerators (with a sales price of $2,000 or less)
- Ceiling fans
- Incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs
- Clothes washers
- Dishwashers
- Dehumidifiers
May 23-25, 2026 – Water-efficient products sales tax holiday
- During the holiday period, you can buy any product tax free that displays a WaterSense® label or logo. These items can be bought for either personal or business purposes.
- Examples of items that qualify for the exemption include
- A soaker or drip-irrigation hose
- A moisture control for a sprinkler or irrigation system
- Mulch
- A rain barrel or an alternative rain and moisture collection system
- A permeable ground cover surface that allows water to reach underground basins, aquifers or water collection points
- Plants, trees and grasses
- Water-saving surfactants
- Soil and compost
August 7-9, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
- Clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks (sold for less than $100)
Virginia sales tax holiday 2026
August 1-3, 2026 – Three day sales tax holiday
- School supplies, clothing, and footwear
- Qualified school supplies – $20 or less per item
- Qualified clothing and footwear – $100 or less per item
- Hurricane and emergency preparedness products
- Portable generators – $1,000 or less per item
- Gas-powered chainsaws – $350 or less per item
- Chainsaw accessories – $60 or less per item
- Other specified hurricane preparedness items – $60 or less per item
- Energy Star™ and WaterSense™ products
- Qualifying Energy Star™ or WaterSense™ products purchased for noncommercial home or personal use – $2,500 or less per item
West Virginia sales tax holiday 2026
July 31-August 3, 2026 – Sales tax holiday
- Certain clothing with a purchase price of $125 or less
- Certain school supplies with a purchase price of $50 or less
- Certain school instruction material with a purchase price of $20 or less
- Certain laptop and tablet computers with a purchase price of $500 or less; and
- Certain sports equipment with a purchase price of $150 or less.
- Items purchased for use in a trade or business are not exempt under the sales tax holiday.
2026 sales tax holiday calendar
| Date | State / Territory | Holiday type | What’s exempt |
| Feb 14–16 | Maryland | Energy Star | Qualifying Energy Star appliances |
| Feb 21–23 | Alabama | Severe weather prep | Batteries, tarps, water containers, first-aid kits, generators |
| Apr 19–25 | Missouri | “Show Me Green” energy | Qualifying Energy Star appliances |
| Apr 25–27 | Texas | Emergency prep | Generators, batteries, tarps, first-aid kits |
| May 22–25 | Puerto Rico | Hurricane preparedness | Emergency preparedness items |
| May 23–25 | Texas | Energy Star | Air conditioners, washers, refrigerators |
| May 23–25 | Texas | WaterSense | Water-efficient & WaterSense-labeled products |
| Jul 10–12 | Mississippi | Back to school | Clothing & footwear under $100 |
| Jul 17–18 | Puerto Rico | Back to school | School uniforms & school supplies |
| Jul 17–19 | Alabama | Back to school | Clothing ≤ $100; school supplies ≤ $50; computers |
| Jul 20–Aug 20 | Florida | Back to school | Clothing ≤ $100; school supplies ≤ $50; computers ≤ $1,500; learning aids ≤ $30 |
| Jul 31–Aug 2 | New Mexico | Back to school | Clothing under $100; computers ≤ $1,000; school supplies |
| Jul 31–Aug 2 | Tennessee | Back to school | Clothing ≤ $100; school & art supplies ≤ $100; computers ≤ $1,500 |
| Jul 31-Aug 3 | West Virginia | Back to school | Clothing ≤ $125; school supplies ≤ $50; laptops ≤ $500; sports equipment ≤ $150 |
| Aug 1-2 | Arkansas | Back to school | Clothing under $100; school supplies & electronics |
| Aug 1–3 | Virginia | Back to school + hurricane prep + Energy Star | Clothing ≤ $100; school supplies ≤ $20; hurricane prep & Energy Star items |
| Aug 7–8 | Iowa | Back to school | Clothing & footwear under $100 |
| Aug 7–9 | Missouri | Back to school | Clothing ≤ $100; school supplies ≤ $50; computers ≤ $1,500 |
| Aug 7–9 | Ohio | Back to school | Clothing ≤ $75; school supplies ≤ $20 |
| Aug 7–9 | Oklahoma | Back to school | Clothing & footwear under $100 |
| Aug 7–9 | South Carolina | Back to school | Clothing; footwear; school supplies; computers; bed & bath |
| Aug 7–9 | Texas | Back to school | Clothing, footwear, school supplies & backpacks under $100 |
| Aug 7-16 | Illinois | Back to school | Clothing and school supplies under $125 |
| Aug 8–9 | Massachusetts | Sales tax-free weekend | Most retail items for personal use up to $2,500 |
| Aug 9–15 | Maryland | Back to school | Apparel & footwear ≤ $100; first $40 of a backpack |
| Aug 16–22 | Connecticut | Back to school | Clothing & footwear under $100 |
| Sep 1-Dec 31 | Florida | Hunting, fishing, and camping sales tax holiday | Qualifying hunting, fishing, and camping supplies |
How to manage sales tax holidays for your e-commerce business
Do you manage your own shopping cart or marketplace? The TaxJar API honors all of the sales tax holidays listed above. Just set your product codes and we’ll make sure you’re not charging sales tax on non-taxable products during sales tax holidays in 2026. If you are ready to automate sales tax, start your free, 30-day TaxJar trial today.
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