The Texas annual sales tax holiday is this weekend, Aug. 5-7, just in time for families sending children back to school.
Texas law exempts most clothing, footwear, school supplies, fabric face masks and backpacks individually priced under $100 from sales tax during the holiday period.
Owned uniforms for school, nurses, police, fire, military, postal and other careers are also tax-free this weekend. Rented uniforms are still taxable.
The comptroller tweeted even costumes and masks are tax-free this year.
The tax-free savings adds up to about $8 saved on every $100 spent on certain purchases.
Qualifying items can be purchased from a Texas store or from an online or catalog seller doing business in Texas. In most cases, you do not need to give the seller an exemption certificate to buy qualifying items as tax-free.
The tax break does not extend to some items, such as jewelry, purses and luggage.
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar estimates shoppers will save nearly $87 million in state and local sales taxes during the Texas tax break weekend that’s been an annual event since 1999.
