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| State |
Type of Holiday |
Dates |
Description on Items Specifically Included |
| Alabama |
Annual Holiday |
August 6-8, 2010 |
1. Clothing - $100 or less per article (excluding accessories and protective or recreational equipment)
2. Single purchases ($750 or less) of computers, computer software, and school computer supplies (excluding purchases for commercial use)
3. Noncommercial school supplies - $50 or less per item
4. Noncommercial purchases of books - $30 or less per item |
| Connecticut |
Annual Holiday |
August 15-21, 2010 |
1. Clothing and footwear - $300 or less per item (excluding clothing accessories and protective or athletic clothing). |
| Florida |
Holiday |
August 13-15, 2010 |
1. Clothing costing less than $50
2. Books costing less than $50 (does not include periodicals)
3. Select school supplies costing less than $10. "School supplies" means pens, pencils, erasers, crayons, notebooks, notebook filler paper, legal pads, binders, lunch boxes, construction paper, markers, folders, poster board, composition books, poster paper, scissors, cellophane tape, glue, paste, rulers, computer disks, protractors, compasses, and calculators |
| Georgia |
Holiday |
No dates set for 2010 |
1. School supplies - $20 or less per item
2. Clothing and footwear -$100 or less per item (excluding clothing accessories)
3. Single purchases of personal computers and/or related accessories - $1,500 or less per item (excluding items used for commercial purposes) |
| Holiday |
No dates set for 2010 |
1. Energy efficient products for noncommercial home or personal use - $1,500 or less per product (must meet EPA and DOE standards for energy efficient) |
| Iowa |
Annual Holiday |
August 6-7, 2010 |
1. Clothing and footwear - $100 or less per item (excluding clothing accessories) |
| Illinois |
Holiday |
August 6-15, 2010 |
Illinois will reduce the state sales tax rate from 6.25% to 1.25% on qualifying purchases during the holiday resulting in a 5% reduction from the standard rate.
Holiday will apply to:
1. Clothing items with a retail selling price of less than $100.
2. Qualifying school supplies
include items used by a student in a course of study. School supplies are not subject to the $100 threshold.
Note that delivery charges are part of the sales price subject to tax. |
| Louisiana |
Annual Holiday |
May 29-30, 2010 |
1. Purchases of all tangible personal property – Hurricane preparedness items and supplies not sold at any airport, public lodging establishment or hotel, convenience store or entertainment complex $1,500 or less per item |
| Annual Holiday |
August 6-7, 2010 |
1. Purchases of all tangible personal property - $2,500 or less per item
Note: Applies to State tax rate (may also apply to St. Charles Parish) |
| Annual Holiday |
September 3-5, 2010 |
1. Any consumer purchases of firearms, ammunition, and hunting supplies. |
| Massachusetts |
Holiday |
August 14-15, 2010 |
1. Non-business retail items with a selling price of $2500 or less
2. Non-qualifying items include motor vehicles, motorboats, meals, telecommunications services, gas, steam, electricity, tobacco products and items with a selling price exceeding $2500.
3. Sales tax will not be charged on beer, wine and alcohol purchased for off-premises consumption during the tax holiday.
4. Purchases by businesses and purchases by individuals for business use are still subject to tax. |
| Maryland |
Holiday |
August 8-August 14, 2010 |
1. Clothing and footwear - $100 or less per article (excluding accessories and protective equipment)
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| Missouri |
Annual Holiday |
August 6-8, 2010 |
1. Clothing - $100 or less per item (excluding clothing accessories)
2. School supplies - $50 or less per item
3. Computer Software - $350 or less per item
4. Computers/computer peripheral devices - $3,500 or less |
| Annual Holiday |
April 19-25, 2010 |
1. All retail sales of Energy Star certified new appliances (includes clothes washers, water heaters, dishwashers, air conditioners, furnaces, refrigerators, and freezers) of up to $1,500 per appliance |
| Mississippi |
Annual Holiday |
July 30-31, 2010 |
1. Clothing or footwear - less than $100 per item.
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| North Carolina |
Annual Holiday |
August 6-8, 2010 |
1. Clothing - $100 or less per item (excluding clothing accessories). Sport or recreational equipment - $50 or less per item (excluding protective equipment)
3. Computers - $3,500 or less
4. Computer supplies - $250 or less per item
5. School supplies - $100 or less per item |
| Annual Holiday |
November 5-7, 2010 |
Qualified Energy Star Rated Appliances (other than those used in a trade/business or product rentals) |
| New Mexico |
Annual Holiday |
August 6-8, 2010 |
1. Clothing and footwear items - $100 or less per item (excluding accessories, athletic or protective clothing or footwear)
2. School supplies
3. Computers - $1,000 or less per item
4. Certain computer related items -$500 or less per item |
| Oklahoma |
Annual Holiday |
August 6-8, 2010 |
1. Clothing and footwear - $100 or less per item (excluding accessories, clothing rentals, or special clothing or footwear designed for athletic or protective use) |
| South Carolina |
Annual Holiday |
August 6-8, 2010 |
1. Clothing and certain clothing accessories (excluding rentals)
2. Footwear
3. School supplies
4. Computers, printer supplies and computer software (excludes items used for commercial purposes)
5. Certain bed and bath items |
| Tennessee |
Annual Holiday |
August 6-8, 2010 |
1. Clothing - $100 or less per item (excludes clothing accessories or equipment)
2. School and Art supplies -$100 or less per item
3. Computers - $1,500 or less per item (excludes computer software and any items for use in a trade or business) |
| Texas |
Annual Holiday |
August 20-22, 2010 |
1. Clothing and footwear -$100 or less per item (excluding accessories, athletic or protective clothing, and rentals of clothing or footwear); backpacks used by elementary and secondary students are included
2. Most School Supplies - $100 or less per item |
| Annual Holiday |
May 29-31, 2010 |
1. Energy Star Products: air conditioners (up to $6000 each), clothes washers, ceiling fans, dehumidifiers, dishwashers, incandescent or flourescent light bulbs, programmable thermostats, and refrigerators (up to $2,000) |
| Virginia |
Annual Holiday |
August 6-8, 2010 |
1. Clothing and footwear - $100 or less per item
2. School Supplies - $20 or less per item |
| Annual Holiday |
October 8-11, 2010 |
1. Energy Star & WaterSense qualified products - $2,500 or less per item (purchased for noncommercial home or personal use) |
| Annual Holiday |
May 25-31, 2010 |
1. Portable generators (up to $1,000 each) and other hurricane preparedness items (up to $60 each) |
| Vermont |
Holiday |
March 6, 2010 |
1. Tangible Personal Property - $2,000 or less per item (purchased for noncommercial home or personal use) |
| West Virginia |
Annual Holiday |
Sept 1-Nov 30, 2010 |
1. Energy Star qualified products - $2,500 or less per item (purchased for noncommercial home or personal use) |
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