Mark Your Calendars: It’s Time to Save on Back-to-School Purchases

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The Comptroller encourages all taxpayers to support Texas businesses and get excited about the savings on tax-free purchases of most clothing, footwear, school supplies, and backpacks (sold for less than $100) during the annual Tax-Free weekend. Qualifying items can be purchased tax-free from a Texas store or an online or catalog seller doing business in Texas. In most cases, you do not need to give the seller an exemption certificate to buy qualifying items tax-free.

This year’s sales tax holiday begins Friday, August 9, and goes through midnight Sunday, August 11.

The sales tax exemption applies only to qualifying items you buy during the sales tax holiday. Items you buy before or after the sales tax holiday do not qualify for exemption, and no tax refund is available.

Qualifying Items

List of Clothing, Footwear, and Other Items
List of School Supplies

Clothing and Footwear
Face Masks
Backpacks
School Supplies

For more detailed information about special purchases, online purchases, telephone orders, additional charges affecting sales price, and tax holiday refund requests, we encourage you to visit the Comptroller’s webpage by clicking HERE.

Aldine ISD students on the Additional Days School Year (ADSY) calendar, which is designed (as the name implies) to provide additional instructional days, returned to school on July 24 for the 2024-2025 school year; all other students return to school on Monday, August 12.