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2024 Florida Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday

Sales Tax Holiday - Monday, July 29, 2024 through Sunday, August 11, 2024.

By Dawn Pronko, Publisher of Macaroni Kid Seminole County July 29, 2024

Florida’s 2024 Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday begins on Monday, July 29, 2024, and ends on Sunday, August 11, 2024.

During the sales tax holiday period, tax is not due on the retail sale of:

  • Clothing, footwear, and certain accessories 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 and certain computer-related accessories with a sales price of $1,500 or less, when purchased for noncommercial home or personal use

This sales tax holiday does not apply to:

  • Any item of clothing with a sales price of more than $100
  • Any school supply item with a sales price of more than $50
  • Books that are not otherwise exempt
  • Computers and computer-related accessories with a sales price of more than $1,500
  • Computers and computer-related accessories purchased for commercial purposes
  • Rentals of any eligible items
  • Repairs or alterations of any eligible items
  • Sales of any eligible items within a theme park or entertainment complex, public lodging establishment, or airport

For more information and a list of qualifying items, visit floridarevenue.com/backtoschool