Texas' tax free weekend for school supplies starts Friday

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A sales tax holiday on school supplies and most clothing and footwear under $100 starts Friday and runs through midnight Sunday, Aug. 13.

The comptroller’s office has a

in each category. The list of qualified school supplies is long, but doesn’t include computers or text books.to figure out whether an online item qualifies, and when it must be purchased. It uses the example of a pair of $95 jeans with a $10 delivery fee. Because that fee pushes the jeans over the $100 mark, they wouldn’t qualify.

Items bought before or after the sales tax holiday, regardless of shipping or delivery dates for online items, don’t qualify for exemption, and there is no tax refund available. Buyers who are charged sales tax on qualifying items during the sales tax holiday can ask the seller for a refund of the tax paid. If the seller doesn’t grant the refund it must give the customer More from San Antonio Report

 

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