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The Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday is this weekend, July 15-17, 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.

Those items that are exempt include:

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