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Florida’s Tax-Free Back-to-School Holiday Is Coming. What You Need to Know

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With the new school year quickly approaching, you can expect to see some attractive back-to-school deals popping up soon.

Most science sales occur around one of Florida’s many tax-free holidays. Next on the calendar is the tax-free back-to-school holiday, which lasts two weeks in late July and early August.

In Polk County, that represents a 7% savings.

Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming tax-free school holidays and what you can get for them.

When is the pre-school tax-free week in Florida?

Florida has a two-week tax holiday for school supplies, from July 29 through August 11. During this period, people can purchase various school supplies tax-free, within certain limits set by the state.

What can you buy during Florida’s back-to-school tax-free week?

This is what you can buy:

  • Teaching materials and jigsaw puzzles selling for $30 or less.
  • Most school supplies sell for $50 or less
  • Clothing, shoes and accessories sell for $100 or less. This means all footwear (except skis, flippers, roller skates, and ice skates); all clothing (except watches, watch straps, jewelry, umbrellas, and handkerchiefs); and purses or bags, including backpacks, diaper bags, fanny packs, and handbags.
  • Computers and related accessories for $1,500 or less (when purchased for noncommercial, personal use). This includes items such as calculators, desktops, e-book readers, handhelds, laptops, tablets, and tower computers. It also includes accessories such as keyboards, mice, modems, monitors, non-recreational software, other peripherals, personal digital assistants, and routers. It does not include cell phones, video game consoles, digital media receivers, or devices that are not primarily designed to process data.

For an extensive Q&A with the Florida Department of Revenue, click here.

Other Florida Tax Free Holidays

Florida will have two more tax-free holidays before the end of the year. The second Florida disaster preparedness sales tax holiday runs from August 24 to September 6 and offers residents tax breaks on thousands of products related to the hurricane season.

The Tool Time tax holiday, which runs from September 1 to 7, gives people the opportunity to purchase tools tax-free up to a certain amount, depending on the category of tool.

When does school start in Polk County?

Students in Polk County Public Schools begin classes on Aug. 12. Start dates for certain private schools and public charter schools may vary. See TheLedger.com’s back-to-school primer for more information.

What about the school supplies lists and school uniform policy?

They vary from school to school. For uniform policies, including where to purchase uniforms, contact your school directly. Schools provide lists of school supplies, generally on their social media pages or websites.