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by Sarah Craig 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.
Find your state and see which items are sales tax exempt during the designated holiday:
February 21-23, 2026 – Severe weather preparedness sales tax holiday
July 17-19, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
August 1-2, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
August 16-22, 2026 – Sales tax free week
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 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 ener gy 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 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 Aug 28-30 Mississippi Second Amendment Sale of firearms, ammunition and certain hunting supplies Sep 1-Dec 31 Florida Hunting, fishing, and camping sales tax holiday Qualifying hunting, fishing, and camping supplies Sep 4-6 Louisiana Second Amendment Any consumer purchase of firearms, ammunition, and hunting 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 . It's time to solve your tax complexity Talk to a TaxJar expert about automating your sales tax compliance. Contact sales
July 20-August 20, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
September 1-December 31, 2026 — Hunting, fishing, and camping sales tax holiday
August 7-16, 2026 — Back to school sales tax holiday
August 7-8, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
September 4-6, 2026 – Second Amendment weekend
February 14-16, 2026 – Shop Maryland ener gy
August 9-15, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
August 8-9, 2026 – Sales tax holiday
July 10-12, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
August 28-30, 2026 – Second Amendment sales tax holiday
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:
August 7-9, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
July 31-August 2, 2026 – Back to school sales tax free holiday
July 17-18, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
May 22-25, 2026 – Hurricane preparedness
July 31-August 2, 2026 – Back to school sales tax holiday
April 25-27, 2026 – Emergency preparation supplies sales tax holiday
May 23-25, 2026 – Energy Star sales tax holiday
May 23-25, 2026 – Water-efficient products sales tax holiday
August 1-3, 2026 – Three day sales tax holiday
July 31-August 3, 2026 – Sales tax holiday
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 .
It's time to solve your tax complexity
Talk to a TaxJar expert about automating your sales tax compliance.