Courtesy: Comptroller.Texas.gov
During Texas’ tax-free weekend, most shoes, clothes, and school supplies are sold tax-free as long as they are less than $100. There is no limit on the number of eligible items you can buy.
Online Purchases
During the sales tax holiday, qualifying items can be bought in-store, online, by mail, or by any other means. However, the sale of the item must take place during the three-day period.
For example, if a purchaser enters their credit card information in an online shopping website on Sunday, August 11, 2024, at 5:00 PM to purchase qualifying school supplies, but the school supplies will not be shipped until Friday, August 16, 2024, and will not arrive until Tuesday, August 20, the purchase will still qualify for the exemption.
Delivery, Shipping, Handling and Transportation Charges
Since shipping and handling prices are part of the seller’s price, it may affect whether an item can be eligible for sales tax exemption during the holiday.
For example, if you buy an item for $95, but a $10 delivery charge makes the total price $105, the item would no longer be exempt from sales tax.
Items that Do Not Qualify
- Items sold for $100 or more
- Clothing subscription boxes
- Specially designed athletic activity or protective-use clothing or footwear
- Clothing or footwear rentals, alterations (including embroidery) and cleaning services
- Items used to make or repair clothing, such as fabric, thread, yarn, buttons, snaps, hooks, and zippers
- Jewelry, handbags, purses, briefcases, luggage, umbrellas, wallets, watches and other accessories
- Computers
- Software
- Textbooks
- Framed backpacks
- Luggage
- Briefcases
- Athletic, duffle, or gym bags
- Computer bags
- Purses
More details and a full list of qualifying items can be found here at https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/publications/98-490/
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