ALABAMA 2019-Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday Weekend

2019 SALES TAX HOLIDAY

Alabama will hold its twelfth annual sales tax holiday,
beginning Friday, July 19, 2018, at 12:01 a.m. and ending Sunday, July 21, 2018, at 12 midnight, giving shoppers the opportunity to purchase certain school supplies, computers, and clothing free of state sales tax. Local sales tax may apply.

For more information, contact us 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., CST
Monday through Friday
334-242-1490 or 866-576-6531


CLOTHING - $100 or Less, per article of clothing

EXEMPT:
Includes all human wearing apparel suitable for general use - Not an all-inclusive list

•    Belts    •    Hosiery    •    Scarves
•    Boots    •    Jackets    •    School Uniforms
•    Caps    •    Jeans    •    Shirts
•    Coats    •    Neckties    •    Shoes
•    Diapers    •    Pajamas    •    Shorts
•    Dresses    •    Pants    •    Socks
•    Gloves    •    Raincoats    •    Sneakers
•    Gym Suits    •    Robes    •    Underwear
•    Hats    •    Sandals        

TAXABLE:

 Clothing Accessories:        Protective Equipment:
• Belt Buckles (sold separately)        •    Breathing Masks
•    Briefcases        • Clean Room Apparel & Equipment
•    Cosmetics        • Ear & Hearing Protectors
• Costume masks (sold separately)        •    Face Shields
• Hair Notions (barrettes, hair bows, etc)        •    Hard Hats
•    Handbags        •    Helmets
•    Handkerchiefs        • Paint or Dust Respirators
•    Jewelry        •    Protective Gloves
• Patches & Emblems (sold separately)        • Safety Glasses & Goggles
• Sewing Equipment & Supplies (pins        •    Safety Belts
    (patterns, scissors, tape measures, etc)        •    Tool Belts
• Sewing Materials (thread, fabric, buttons,        • Welders Gloves & Masks
    zippers, etc)   •    Sunglasses, eyeglasses, contacts (prescription or nonprescription)
•    Umbrellas  •    Wallets  •   Watches  •   Wigs & hair pieces

 

Sport or Recreational Equipment:

•    Ballet or Tap Shoes

•    Band Instruments

•    Cleated or Spiked Athletic Shoes

•    Gloves (baseball, bowling, boxing, hockey, golf, etc)
•    Goggles

•    Hand & Elbow Guards

•    Life Preserves & Vests

•    Mouth Guards

•    Roller & Ice Skates

•    Shin Guards

•    Shoulder Pads

•    Ski Boots

•    Waders

•    Wetsuits & Fins
 



COMPUTERS, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, & SCHOOL COMPUTER SUPPLIES -

A single purchase with a sales price of $750 or Less

EXEMPT:

COMPUTERS – For purposes of the exemption, a computer may include a laptop, desktop, or tower computer system which consists of a central processing unit (CPU), and devices such as a display monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers sold as a computer package. Computer parts and devices not sold as part of a package with the CPU, will not qualify for the exemption.

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

SCHOOL COMPUTER SUPPLIES – An item commonly used by a student in a course of study in which a computer is used
– All inclusive list includes:

•    Computer Storage Media; diskettes, 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 & SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL - Sales Price of $50 or Less, per item (Noncommercial Purchases) EXEMPT:


SCHOOL SUPPLIES - All Inclusive List:
•    Binders    • Highlighters  • Pencil Boxes & Other School
•    Blackboard Chalk    • Index Cards  Supply Boxes
•    Book Bags  • Index Card Boxes  • Pencil Sharpeners
•    Calculators    • Legal Pads    • Pencils
•    Cellophane Tape    • Lunch Boxes    • Pens
•    Compasses    •  Markers    • Protractors
•    Composition Books    • Notebooks    • Rulers
•    Crayons    • Paper (loose leaf ruled notebook    • Scissors
•    Erasers paper, copy paper, graph paper,    • Writing Tablets
•    Folders (expandable, pocket, plastic tracing paper, manila paper, colored        
    & Manila) paper, poster board, and        
•    Glue, paste, and paste sticks construction paper)

       
SCHOOL ART SUPPLIES - All Inclusive List:        
•    Clay & Glazes  • Sketch and Drawing Pads        
•    Paints (Acrylic, Tempora & Oil)  •Watercolors        
•    Paintbrushes for artwork

SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL – All Inclusive List: (Written material commonly used by a student in a course of study as a reference and to learn the subject being taught)
•    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 – Sales Price of $30 or Less, per book (Noncommercial Purchases)


EXEMPT:

BOOKS - The term book is defined as a set of printed sheets bound together and published in a volume with an ISBN number.

TAXABLE:

•    Magazines

•    Newspapers

•    Periodicals

•    Any Other Document Printed or Offered for Sale in a Non-Bound Form

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