Missouri sales tax holiday weekend

2 August 2013

Here in Missouri, there’s no state sales tax this weekend on certain back-to-school purchases. That includes:

clothing (individual articles up to $100)
school supplies (purchases up to $50)
software (up to $350)
computers (up to $3500)
computer peripherals (up to $3500)

The holiday starts today and goes through Sunday. For more information and definitions of those categories, see the state of Missouri’s website.

Missourians are not the only folks exempt from sales tax this weekend. According to this article on DailyFinance.com, 11 other states are having sales-tax holidays this weekend. They are:

Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Iowa
Louisiana
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia

Seven other states will hold tax holiday weekends on a different weekend. This article on cultofmac.com offers a handy chart with links to each state’s information. (Each state has its own rules about what is exempt and what dollar limits apply.)

In five states (Alaska, Delaware, New Hampshire, Montana and Oregon), every day is a sales tax holiday—they don’t charge a state sales tax.

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