MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Get your list ready! The Florida Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday will begin on Aug. 1.
According to the Florida Department of Revenue, during the sales tax holiday period from Friday, Aug. 1 to Sunday, Aug. 31., tax is not due on the retail sale of:
Personal computers or personal computer-related accessories purchased for noncommercial home or personal use having a sales price of $1,500 or less:
Personal computers* include:
- Cables (for computers)
- Calculators
- 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
• Items having a sales price of $100 or less per item:
- Wallets or bags*, including:
- Handbags
- Backpacks
- Fanny packs
- Diaper bags * Briefcases, suitcases, and other garment bags are excluded.
- Clothing
- Any article of wearing apparel intended to be worn on or about the human body, excluding watches, watchbands, jewelry, umbrellas, and handkerchiefs
- All footwear, excluding skis, swim fins, roller blades, and skates
• School supplies having a sales price of $50 or less per item:
- Pens
- Pencils
- Erasers
- Crayons
- Notebooks
- Notebook filler paper
- Legal pads
- Binders
- Lunch boxes
- Construction paper
- Markers
- Folders
- Poster board
- Composition books
- Poster paper
- Scissors
- Cellophane tape
- Glue or paste
- Rulers
- Computer disks
- Staplers
- Staples used to secure paper products
- Protractors
- Compasses
- Calculators
- Learning aids and jigsaw puzzles having a sales price of $30 or less:
- Flashcards or other learning cards
- Matching or other memory games
- Puzzle books and search-and-find books
- Interactive or electronic books and toys intended to teach reading or math skills
- Stacking or nesting blocks or sets
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