CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The annual Tax-Free weekend begins on Friday, August 9th and continues through Sunday, August 11th. Items that qualify can be purchased tax free from Texas stores or from online sellers doing business in Texas.
Items that qualify are certain school supplies and certain items of clothing and footwear.
During the holiday you can buy qualifying items in-store, online, by telephone, mail, custom order, or any other means. The sale of the item must take place during the specific period. The purchase date is easy to determine when the purchase is made in-store but becomes more complicated with remote purchases. The purchaser must have given the consideration for the item during the period even if the item may not be delivered until after the period is over.
School Supplies on the list:
- Binders
- Blackboard chalk
- Book bags
- Calculators
- Cellophane tape
- Compasses
- Composition books
- Crayons
- Erasers
- Folders – expandable, pocket, plastic, and manila
- Glue, paste, and paste sticks
- Highlighters
- Index cards
- Index card boxes
- Kits*
- Legal pads
- Lunch boxes
- Markers (including dry-erase markers)
- Notebooks
- Paper – loose leaf ruled notebook paper, copy paper, graph paper, tracing paper, manila paper, colored paper, poster board, and construction paper
- Pencil boxes and other school supply boxes
- Pencil sharpeners
- Pencils
- Pens
- Protractors
- Rulers
- Scissors
- Writing tablets
Clothing:
https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/publications/98-490/clothing-footwear.php
For more information:
https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/publications/98-490/
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