Great news, parents! This year’s annual Back-to-School “Sales Tax Holiday” starts Monday, July 20 through Thursday, August 20, 2026. Parents will get a break from the state’s sales tax representing significant savings for families as the summer break ends and the new school year begins.

No Florida sales tax or local option tax will be collected during this time on the sale of the following items:

• Clothing, footwear, wallets, and backpacks with a sales price of $100 or less per item
• Certain school supplies with a sales price of $50 or less per item
• Learning aids and jigsaw puzzles with a sales price of $30 or less
• Personal computers or computer-related accessories with a sales price of $1,500 or less, when purchased for noncommercial home or personal use

Among the allowed school supplies are the following: calculators, colored pencils, crayons, pens, construction paper, lunch boxes, notebooks, glue, paste, staplers, markers, rulers and scissors.

Examples of learning aids and jigsaw puzzles include electronic or interactive books, flashcards, memory games, puzzle books, and search-and-find books, and toys intended to teach reading or math skills, and stacking or nesting blocks or sets.

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