Florida's back-to-school tax-free holiday begins Friday

With back to school right around the corner, it's that time for Florida to hold its annual Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday weekend.

Starting at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 and ending at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, Floridians will not have to pay the normal sales tax on items such as clothing, school supplies and more. 

No sales tax will be collected on: 

• Clothing, footwear and certain accessories selling for $60 or less per item
• Certain school supplies selling for $15 or less per item 

This sales tax holiday does not apply to: 

• Any item of clothing selling for more than $60; 
• Any school supply item selling for more than $15;
• Books that are not otherwise exempt;
• Rentals or leases of any eligible items;
• Repairs or alterations of any eligible items; or
• Sales of any eligible items in a theme park, entertainment complex, public lodging establishment, or airport.

Personal computers are not included in the this year's tax-free weekend. 

See the full list of items here.