2016 Sales Tax Holidays
- Jan 25, 2016 | Gail Cole
Updated 7.20.2016
More than a dozen states are offering tax-free periods in 2016. Several other states are considering them.
States offering sales tax holidays in 2016:
Alabama
- Severe weather preparedness (February 26 – 28, 2016)
- Back to-school (August 5 – 7, 2016)
- See Alabama Sales Tax Holidays
Arkansas
- Back to school (August 6 – 7, 2016)
- See Arkansas Sales Tax Holidays
Connecticut
- Clothing and footwear costing less than $100, “third Sunday in August until the Saturday next succeeding” (August 21 – 27, 2016) (2015 Conn. Pub. Acts 244, § 71)
- See Connecticut Sales Tax Holidays
Florida
- Clothing, footwear, school supplies (August 5 – 7, 2016)
- See Florida Chapter 2016-220
Georgia
- Clothing, computers, school supplies (July 30 - 31, 2016)
- Energy and water efficient products (September 30 - October 2, 2016)
- See Georgia 2016 Sales Tax Holidays
Iowa
- Clothing and Footwear, “first Friday and Saturday in August" (August 5 – 6, 2016)
- See Iowa Sales Tax Holidays
Louisiana
Hurricane preparedness, last Saturday and Sunday of May(May 28 – 29, 2016) Suspended in 2016- Annual sales tax holiday, first Saturday and Sunday of August (August 5 – 6, 2016)
- Second Amendment, first Friday through Sunday of September (September 2 – 4, 2016)
- See Louisiana Sales Tax Holidays
- See Louisiana Trims Sales Tax Holidays
Maryland
- Shop Maryland Energy, the Saturday immediately preceding the third Monday in February until midnight on that Monday (February 13 – 15, 2016)
- Shop Maryland Tax-Free Week (August 14 - 20, 2016)
- See Maryland Sales Tax Holidays
Mississippi
- Clothing and footwear, last Friday in July through following Saturday (July 29 – 30, 2016)
- Second Amendment, usually first Friday in September through following Sunday (August 26 – 28, 2016)
- See Mississippi Sales Tax Holidays
Missouri
- Show-Me Green, April 19 – 25, 2016
- Back to school, first Friday in August through following Sunday (August 5 – 7, 2016)
- See Missouri Sales Tax Holidays
New Mexico
- Back to school, first Friday in August through following Sunday (August 5 – 7, 2016)
- See New Mexico Sales Tax Holidays
Ohio
- Clothing, school supplies, school instructional materials (August 5 - 7, 2016)
- See Ohio Seeks 2016 Sales Tax Holiday
Oklahoma
- Clothing and footwear, first Friday in August through following Sunday (August 5 – 7, 2016)
- See Oklahoma Sales Tax Holidays
Puerto Rico
- School uniforms and supplies, January 8 – 9, 2016
- See Departamento de Hacienda, CL 15-07
South Carolina
- Annual sales tax holiday, first Friday in August through following Sunday (August 5 – 7, 2016)
- See South Carolina Sales Tax Holidays
Tennessee
- Annual sales tax holiday, used to be the first Friday in August through following Sunday. However, due to legislative changes, the date is pushed forward one week (July 29 - 31, 2016).
- See Tennessee Sales Tax Holidays
Texas
- Annual tax-free weekend, August 5 – 7, 2016
- Energy Star® and WaterSense, May 28 – 30, 2016
- Emergency prepardeness, April 23 - 25, 2016
- See Texas Sales Tax Holidays
Virginia
Three-sales-tax-holidays-in-one from first Friday in August through following Sunday (August 5 – 7, 2016):
- Energy Star® and WaterSense® products
- Hurricane and emergency preparedness supplies
- School supplies, clothing and footwear
See Virginia Sales Tax Holidays
Considering sales tax holidays in 2016
Sales tax holidays for 2016 or beyond are under consideration in the following states:
Maybe, maybe not
The following states offered tax-free periods in the past and could perhaps provide for them in 2016:
- Colorado (for marijuana, one day only)
- Massachusetts (See Massachusetts Sales Tax Holidays)
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