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School returns in the second week of August for most Tampa Bay area counties. That’s less than a month away. The state of Florida is doing its part by again offering the back-to-school tax holiday.
It’s the first of two tax holidays for the 2023-2024 school year. Each will be two weeks long. The first will take place Monday, July 24 through Sunday, August 6, 2023. The second will take place Monday, January 1 through Sunday, January 14, 2024.
The school supplies that qualify for the tax holiday are broken down into four categories. Here’s the list of what qualifies for the back-to-school tax holiday.
Clothing/Footware/Certain Accessories With A Price Of $100 Or Less Per Item
- Accessories: Barrettes and bobby pins, Belt buckles, Bow ties Hairnets, bows, clips, and hairbands, Handbags, Neckwear, Ponytail holders, Scarves, Ties, Wallets
- Aerobic and fitness clothing
- Aprons and clothing shields
- Athletic supporters
- Baby clothes*
- Backpacks and book bags
- Bandanas
- Baseball cleats
- Bathing suits, caps, and cover-ups
- Belts
- Bibs*
- Bicycle helmets (youth)**
- Blouses
- Boots (except ski or fishing boots)
- Bowling shoes (purchased)
- Braces and supports worn to correct or alleviate a physical incapacity or injury***
- Bras
- Choir and altar clothing***
- Cleated and spiked shoes
- Clerical vestments*
- Coats
- Coin purses
- Costumes
- Coveralls
- Diaper bags
- Diapers, diaper inserts (adult and baby, cloth or disposable)****
- Dresses
- Fanny packs
- Fishing vests (non-flotation)
- Formal clothing (purchased)
- Gloves: Dress (purchased), Garden, Leather, Work
- Graduation caps and gowns
- Gym suits and uniforms
- Hats and caps
- Hosiery and pantyhose (including support hosiery)
- Hunting vests
- Jackets
- Jeans
- Lab coats
- Leggings, tights, and leg warmers
- Leotards
- Lingerie
- Martial arts attire
- Overshoes and rubber shoes
- Pants
- Purses
- Raincoats, rain hats and ponchos
- Receiving blankets*
- Religious clothing***
- Robes
- Safety clothing
- Safety shoes
- Scout uniforms
- Shawls and wraps
- Shirts
- Shoe inserts and insoles
- Shoes (including athletic)
- Shoulder pads (e.g., dresses or jackets)
- Shorts
- Ski suits (snow)
- Skirts
- Sleepwear (nightgowns and pajamas)
- Slippers
- Slips
- Socks
- Suits, slacks, and jackets
- Suspenders
- Sweatbands
- Sweaters
- Swimsuits and trunks
- Ties (neckties and bow ties)
- Tuxedos (purchased)
- Underclothes
- Uniforms (work, school and athletic, excluding pads)
- Vests
Back-to-school shopping (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Target)
Click here for full details on items that qualify and items that are taxable.School Supplies With A Price Of $50 Or Less Per Item
- Binders
- Calculators
- Cellophane (transparent) tape
- Colored pencils
- Compasses
- Composition books
- Computer disks (blank CDs only)
- Construction paper
- Crayons
- Erasers
- Folders
- Glue (stick and liquid)
- Highlighters
- Legal pads
- Lunch boxes
- Markers
- Notebook filler paper
- Notebooks
- Paste
- Pencils, including mechanical and refills
- Pens, including felt, ballpoint, fountain, highlighters, and refills
- Poster board
- Poster paper
- Protractors
- Rulers
- Scissors
- Staplers and staples (used to secure paper products)
Back-to-school shopping (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Target)
Click here for full details on items that qualify and items that are taxable.Learning Aids/Jigsaw Puzzles With Price Of $30 Or Less
- Electronic books
- Flashcards
- Interactive books
- Jigsaw puzzles
- Learning cards
- Matching games
- Memory games
- Puzzle books
- Search-and-find books
- Stacking or nesting blocks or sets
- Toys that teach reading or math skill
(Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Click here for full details on items that qualify and items that are taxable.Personal Computers/Certain Computer Related Accessories With Price Of $1,500 Or Less
- Cables (for computers)
- Car adaptors (for laptop computers)
- Central processing units (CPU)
- Compact disk drives
- Computers for noncommercial home or personal use: Desktop, Laptop, Tablet, Computer batteries
- Computer towers consisting of a central processing unit, random-access memory and a storage drive
- Data storage devices (excludes those devices designed for use in digital cameras or other taxable items): Blank CDs, Diskettes, Flash drives, Jump drives, Memory cards
- Portable hard drives, Storage drives, Thumb drives, Zip drives
- Docking stations (for computers)
- Electronic book readers
- Hard drives
- Headphones (including “earbuds”)
- Ink cartridges (for computer printers)
- Keyboards (for computers)
- Mice (mouse devices)
- Microphones (for computers)
- Modems
- Monitors (except devices that include a television tuner)
- Motherboards
- Personal digital assistant devices (except cellular telephones)
- Port replicators
- Printer cartridges
- Printers (including “all-in-one” models)
- RAM (random access memory)
- Routers
- Scanners
- Software (nonrecreational): Antivirus, Database, Educational, Financial, Word processing
- Speakers (for computers)
- Storage drives (for computers)
- Tablets
- Web cameras
(Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Click here for full details on items that qualify and items that are taxable.
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