Tax-free holiday shopping gears up

August - 20 - 2010 Author: Zachary Sanchez Respond

Tax-free weekend is here. Texas shoppers are expected to save $59.3 million this weekend in state and local taxes as they pick up items such as notebooks, pencils, shoes and jeans for the start of school. Here’s what is included.

Tax-free school supplies

Sampling of items offered tax-free this weekend:

Binders

Book bags

Calculators

Cellophane tape

Blackboard chalk

Compasses

Composition books

Crayons

Erasers

Folders: expandable, pocket, plastic and manila

Glue, paste and paste sticks

Highlighters

Index cards

Index card boxes

Legal pads

Lunchboxes

Markers

Notebooks

Paper: loose leaf ruled notebook paper, copy paper, graph paper, tracing paper, Manila paper, colored paper, poster board and construction paper

Pencil boxes and other school supply boxes

Pencil sharpeners

Pencils

Pens

Protractors

Rulers

Scissors

Writing tablets

Other tax-free items

Baby clothes

Backpacks

Belts with attached buckles

Boots — cowboy, hiking

Caps/hats — baseball, fishing, golf and knitted

Coats and wraps

Diapers — adult and baby

Dresses

Gym suits and uniforms

Hosiery

Jackets

Jeans

Pajamas

Pants and trousers

Shirts

Shoes — sandals, slippers, sneakers, tennis and walking

Socks (including athletic)

Shorts

Underclothes

Source: Office of Texas Comptroller

USING A BUSINESS ACCOUNT?

A person buying school supplies under a business account must certify that the items are purchased for use by an elementary or secondary school student with an exemption.

Those exemptions can be found on the Texas Comptroller’s website at www.window.state.tx.us/.

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