Tax-free weekend items generally include specific categories with certain price limits varying by state. Here are common items included in tax-free weekends for 2025:
- Clothing and Footwear
- Most clothing and footwear items intended to be worn on the body
- Price limits typically around $100 per item
- Items such as jewelry, handbags, watches, or sports equipment usually excluded
- School Supplies
- Common school supplies like binders, backpacks, crayons, paper, pens, pencils, rulers, art supplies
- Price limits typically around $50 to $100 per item
- Electronic devices like calculators may be included with price caps
- Computers and Electronics
- Personal computers, laptops, tablets up to a price limit ($1,500 in some states)
- Accessories like Apple Pencils may qualify
- Excludes items like printers, software, and storage media in many cases
- Other Eligible Items (varies by state)
- Backpacks, messenger bags, and totes
- Baby diapers and certain work clothes (e.g., scout uniforms)
- Some states include more broad categories like sporting goods, home goods, plants, food, and books during extended tax-free periods
Below is a state-specific snapshot for 2025 examples:
- Tennessee: Clothing, school supplies, and computers; clothing and school supplies items priced at $100 or less, computers priced up to $1,500
- Texas: Most clothing, footwear, school supplies, backpacks under $100, including diapers and scout uniforms; excludes computers and specialty sports gear
- Ohio: Almost all tangible personal property priced $500 or less, excluding motor vehicles, alcohol, tobacco, marijuana-containing items
- Connecticut: Clothing and footwear under $100; excludes jewelry, handbags, umbrellas, watches
- Arkansas: Clothing, school supplies, art supplies, instructional materials, and certain electronic devices during tax holiday
- South Carolina: Clothing, accessories, footwear, school supplies, backpacks, computers, software, and printers
Specific items not qualifying in many states often include jewelry, watches, handbags, software, and non-essential personal electronics. These tax-free weekends may apply to both in-store and online purchases if the seller operates in the state during the holiday period. If you want details for a specific state’s 2025 tax-free weekend items, please let me know! Otherwise, the above covers the typical categories and examples across various states for 2025 tax-free weekends.
