State by State Sales Tax Holiday Details - 2026

Items Included:

• Hurricane preparedness
• Generators & power cords – $1,564 or less
• Supplies – $94 or less per item

Note:

• No state sales or use tax is due on certain items you may purchase to deal with severe weather (Act 2012-256, Rule 810-6-3-.66). See here for the counties and municipalities that have notified ALDOR of their decision to participate or not participate in the holiday.

Items Included:

• Clothing – $156 or less per article
• Computers, computer software, and school computer supplies with sales price of $1,173 or less
• Books with a sales price of $47 or less
• School supplies, school art supplies, and school instructional material with sales price of $78 or less

Note:

• While the state tax is waived statewide, cities and counties must choose to participate to waive local taxes. You can verify if your specific area is participating through the Alabama Department of Revenue's official lists.

Items Included:

• Clothing — each item priced under $100
• Clothing accessories & equipment (e.g., hats, belts, jewelry) — less than $50
• Electronic devices(laptops, tablets, calculators, etc.) — no price limit
• School supplies & instructional materials — no price limit

Note:

• Beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday August 1, 2026, and ending at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday August 2, 2026, the State of Arkansas will hold its sales tax holiday allowing shoppers the opportunity to purchase certain Electronic Devices, School Supplies, School Art Supplies, School Instructional Materials, and Clothing free of state and local sales or use tax.

Items Included:

• Most Clothing & Footwear — per item priced under $100
(Includes everyday apparel, raincoats, uniforms, belts, casual shoes, etc.)

Note:

• You can buy unlimited qualifying items as long as each one is under $100.
• Items purchased online are exempt if paid in full during the tax-free week.
• Discounts or store coupons that bring item price below $100 make them eligible; rebates after purchase do not affect eligibility.

Note:

• Offering savings on camping, fishing, and hunting supplies, providing opportunities for tax-free savings for Floridians exercising their constitutional right to hunt and fish.

Items Included:

• Clothing, wallets, bags - $100 or less
• School supplies priced $50 or less
• Learning aids and jigsaw puzzles priced $30 or less
• Personal computers and computer-related accessories priced $1,500 or less

Items Included:

• Clothing and footwear – less than $100 per item (excluding clothing accessories).

Items Included:

• Firearms, ammunition, and hunting supplies, including archery items, hunting apparel, accessories, and safety equipment.

Items Included:

• Sales of Energy Star products (includes air conditioners, washers and dryers, furnaces, heat pumps, standard-size refrigerators, compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL), light-emitting diode (LED) light bulbs, dehumidifiers and programmable thermostats) and solar water heaters.

Note:

• Qualifying Energy Star products (no price restriction)
• Solar water heaters (no price restriction)

Items Included:

• Clothing and footwear (excluding accessories) – $100 or less per item.

Note:

• Annual Shop Maryland tax-free week, August 09–15, 2026
• Clothing and footwear priced $100 or less
• For qualifying backpacks and bookbags, only the first $40 is exempt from sales tax

Items Included:

• During the sales tax holiday, non-business sales at retail of single items of tangible personal property costing $2,500 or less are exempt from sales and use taxes, subject to certain exclusions.

Note:

• Item must cost $2,500 or less to qualify
• Items ordered online on the holiday weekend during Eastern Daylight Time also qualify for the exemption, even if delivered later
• Purchases must be for personal use — business purchases are not exempt.

Items Included:

• Clothing and footwear – less than $100 per item.
• School supplies – less than $100 per item.

Note:

• Mississippi annual sales tax holiday, July 26–27, 2026
• Clothing and footwear priced less than $100
• Specific school supplies priced less than $100
• Municipalities may opt out by resolution, so depending on the location, local sales tax may apply to eligible sales within the corporate limits of the municipality

Items Included:

• Retail sales of firearms, ammunition, and hunting supplies. “Hunting supplies” means tangible personal property used for hunting, including, and limited to, archery equipment, firearm and archery cases, firearm and archery accessories, hearing protection, holsters, belts, and slings.

Note:

• Firearms, ammunition, and hunting supplies (no price restriction)
• Safety devices and equipment (but not gun safes)
• Applies to state and local tax
• Tax-free weekends in Mississippi typically begin at 12:01 a.m. and end at midnight.

Items Included:

• Clothing – $100 or less per item (excluding clothing accessories)
• School supplies – $50 or less per item
• Computer Software – $350 or less per item
• Computers/computer peripheral devices – $1,500 or less
• Graphing calculators – $150 or less per item

Items Included:

• All retail sales of Energy Star certified new appliances (includes Clothes washers, Clothes dryers, Water heaters, Dishwashers, Air conditioners, Furnaces, Refrigerators, Freezers, and Heat pumps) of up to $1,500 per appliance

Items Included:

• Purchases by National Guard Members

Note:

• Tangible personal property sold to a member of the Nevada National Guard who is on active duty and a resident of Nevada, or to their qualifying dependents
• This sales tax holiday is different from most in that it applies only to qualifying Nevada National Guard members and their qualified dependents. Anyone interested in taking advantage of the temporary sales and use tax exemption must apply for it each year through their Commanding Officer no later than 30 days before Nevada Day. The Nevada Department of Taxation will issue a letter of exemption to eligible applicants. Retailers that make an exempt sale to qualifying National Guard members or their dependents must obtain and retain a copy of the consumer’s letter of exemption.

Items Included:

• Clothing and footwear items – less than $100 per item (excluding accessories, athletic or protective clothing or footwear)
• School supplies – less than $30 per item
• Computers, e-readers that have computing functions, and tablets – $1,000 or less per item
• Certain computer related items - $500
• Book bags, backpacks, maps and globes – less than $100 per item
• Handheld calculators – less than $200 per item

Note:

• Retailers aren’t required to participate in the back-to-school tax holiday; those that don’t participate must pay tax on otherwise eligible sales and may recover the tax from the customer.

Note:

• In prior years, this holiday was limited to back to school items. With Ohio House Bill 33, the 2024 holiday was expanded to include tangible personal property that is $500 or less.
• Only if Ohio has a budget surplus of at least $60 million.

Items Included:

• Clothing and footwear – less than $100 per item

Note:

• Excluding accessories, special clothing or footwear primarily designed for athletic activity or protective use that is not normally worn except when used for athletic activity or protective use, or to the rental of clothing or footwear

Items Included:

• Portable generators priced $3,000 or less
• Specified hurricane preparedness items (no price caps)

Items Included:

• School supplies
• School uniforms and footwear

Items Included:

• Clothing and certain clothing accessories (excluding rentals)
• Footwear (excluding rentals)
• School supplies
• Computers, printers and printer supplies and computer software (excludes items used for commercial purposes)
• Certain bed and bath items

Items Included:

• Clothing with a sales price of $100 or less
• School supplies with a sales price of $100 or less
• Computers with a sales price of $1500 or less

Note:

• The annual event begins at 12:01 a.m. on the last Friday in July and concludes at 11:59 p.m. the following Sunday.
• Tennessee provided a grocery tax holiday for food and food ingredients in 2023 and may do so again in 2026. The exemption did not apply to alcoholic beverages.

Items Included:

• Portable generators – less than $3000 per item
• Hurricane shutters and emergency ladders – less than $300 per item
• Other specified emergency preparation supplies – less than $75 per item

Note:

• Applies to state and local tax; participation is mandatory

Items Included:

• Energy Star-qualified air conditioners priced at $6,000 or less; refrigerators priced at $2,000 or less; ceiling fans; incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs; dishwashers; dehumidifiers; programmable thermostats; and clothes washers

Note:

• Water-saving products that are used or planted for conserving or retaining groundwater; recharging water tables; or decreasing ambient air temperature, and so limiting water evaporation. Examples: soaker/drip-irrigation hose, a moisture control for sprinkler/irrigation system, mulch, rain barrel, permeable ground cover surface, plants, trees and grasses, water-saving surfactants, soil and compost.

Items Included:

• Any product that displays a WaterSense Logo or Label

Note:

• Certain water-conserving products for residential properties, including soakers or drip irrigation hoses, moisture control systems for sprinkler or irrigation systems, mulch, rain collection systems, soil and compost, plants, trees and grasses, water saving surfactants, and permeable ground cover surfaces that allow water to reach water collection points.

Items Included:

• Clothing and footwear – less than $100 per item backpacks used by elementary and secondary students are included
• Most School Supplies – less than $100 per item

Note:

• Beginning with 2026’s Back to School Holiday, the holiday will take place beginning on the first Friday in August until the following Sunday (S.B. 1415).

Items Included:

• Qualified school supplies – $20 or less per item
• Qualified clothing and footwear – $100 or less per item
• 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
• Qualifying Energy Star™ or WaterSense™ products purchased for noncommercial home or personal use – $2,500 or less per item

Items Included:

• An item of clothing priced at $125 or less;
• An item of school supplies priced $50 or less;
• An item of school instruction material priced $20 or less;
• Laptop and tablet computers, not purchased for use in a trade or business, priced at $500 or less
• Sports equipment, not purchased for use in a trade or business, priced at $150 or less

Note:

• The West Virginia tax-free weekend starts at 12:00 a.m. on the Friday before the first Sunday in August and concludes the following Monday at 11:59 p.m.