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The Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday is this weekend, July 16-18, in Alabama.

The sales tax holiday gives shoppers the opportunity to purchase certain school supplies, computers and clothing free of state sales tax. However, local sales tax may apply.

Clothing — $100 or less, per article of clothing

Exempt

• belts
• boots
• caps
• coats
• diapers
• dresses
• gloves
• gym suits
• hats
• hosiery
• jackets
• jeans
• neckties
• pajamas
• pants
• raincoats
• robes
• sandals
• scarves
• school uniforms
• shirts
• shoes
• shorts
• socks
• sneakers
• underwear

 

Taxable

• belt buckles, sold separately
• briefcases
• cosmetics
• costume masks
• hair notions (barrettes, hair bows, etc.)
• handbags
• handkerchiefs
• jewelry
• patches and emblems
• sewing equipment
• sewing materials
• sun glasses, eye glasses, contacts
• umbrellas
• wallets
• watches
• wigs and hair pieces
• breathing masks
• clean room apparel and equipment
• ear and hearing protectors
• face shields
• hard hats
• helmets
• paint or dust respirators
• protective gloves
• safety glasses and goggles
• safety belts
• tool belts
• welders gloves and masks
• ballet or tap shoes
• band instruments
• cleated or spiked athletic shoes
• gloves (baseball, bowling, boxing, hockey, golf, etc.)
• goggles
• hand and elbow guards
• life preserves and vests
• mouth guards
• roller and ice skates
• shin guards
• shoulder pads
• ski boots
• waders
• wetsuits and fins

 

Computers, computer software and school computer supplies; a single purchase with a sales price of $750 or less

Exempt

• Computers may include a laptop, desktop or tower computer system which consists of a central processing unit and devices such as a display monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers sold as a computer package.

School computer supplies

• computer storage media, diskettes and compact disks
• handheld electronic schedulers, except devices that are cellular phones
• personal digital assistants, except devices that are cellular phones
• computer printers
• printer supplies for computers, printer paper, printer ink.

Taxable

• furniture
• any systems, devices, software, peripherals designed or intended primarily for recreational use, or,
• video games of a non-educational nature

 

School supplies, school art supplies and school instructional material – sales of $50 or less per item

Exempt

• binders
• blackboard chalk
• book bags
• calculators
• cellophane tape
• compasses
• composition books
• crayons
• erasers
• folders, expandable, pocket, plastic and manila
• glue, paste and past sticks
• highlighters
• index cards
• index card boxes
• legal pads
• lunch boxes
• 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
• clay and glazes
• paints
• paint brushes for artwork
• sketch and drawing pads
• watercolors
• reference maps and globes
• required textbooks on an official school book list with a sales price of more than $30 and less than $50
• books, set of printed sheets bound together and published in a volume with an ISBN number

Taxable

• magazines
• newspapers
• periodicals
• any other documented printed or offered for sale in a non-bound form

Local businesses offering deals during the weekend include:

Inkmade Studios will have 10% off merchandise and services

The JUNKY Pearl discount tag sales 10-50% off

Walmart Supercenter Atmore Back-to-School Deals

You’re My Star Boutique will have 10% off

Southern Roots will have 10% off

GlamShak will offer 50% off of Yellow Box flipflops

Cotton + Co. is offering 20% off all clothing and 40% off of selected items

B&B Western Corral is offering 10% off