DOTHAN, Ala. (WDNews) — Alabama’s annual Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday is now underway, giving families across the Wiregrass a chance to save money on school essentials before students head back to class.
The tax-free weekend began today and continues through midnight Sunday, allowing shoppers to purchase many qualifying back-to-school items without paying Alabama’s state sales tax. Many cities and counties also participate by waiving their local sales taxes, providing even greater savings.
The sales tax holiday applies to qualifying items that meet the state’s price limits, including:
- Clothing priced at $156 or less per item
- School supplies priced at $78 or less per item
- Books priced at $47 or less per item
- Textbooks priced at $78 or less per item
- Computers, computer software and certain computer equipment priced at $1,173 or less per purchase
Examples of qualifying school supplies include backpacks, notebooks, binders, folders, pencils, pens, crayons, markers, glue, scissors, rulers, calculators and lunch boxes. Qualifying clothing includes most shirts, pants, shorts, dresses, socks, shoes, jackets and uniforms that fall within the price limit.
The tax-free weekend is one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year as families prepare for the upcoming school year. Whether you’re shopping for a child entering kindergarten or a college student moving into a dorm, the holiday offers an opportunity to save on many everyday school necessities.
With the sales tax holiday ending at midnight Sunday, shoppers still have the rest of the weekend to take advantage of the savings before regular sales taxes return.
