MONTGOMERY-Alabama’s eighth annual sales tax holiday for school-related items begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, and ends at midnight Sunday Aug. 4, 2013, giving shoppers the opportunity to purchase certain school supplies, computers, books and clothing free of state’s four percent sales or use tax. Local governments have until July 2, 2013, to join the state sales tax holiday.
“The sales tax holiday is a much-anticipated event for many parents and students who are getting ready for school and college,” Alabama Revenue Commissioner
Julie P. Magee Alabama Revenue Commissioner
said. “It helps Alabama taxpayers stretch their family’s back-to-school budget a little further, and at the same time, it provides a boost to our retail communities as more shoppers are out and about taking advantage of the sales tax holiday weekend.”
Alabama Retail Association President Rick Brown added that stores across the state see an influx of shoppers during the sales tax-free weekend. Store owners see the weekend as a major boost for their businesses.
“Consumers and retailers win with Alabama’s annual sales tax holiday,” Brown said. “Shoppers save, and stores attract more customers. The back-to-school tax holiday weekend ends up being the second or third-busiest weekend of the year for many Alabama retailers.”
Quick Reference for Tax Free and Taxed Items during the August Sales Tax Holiday can be found here to print and take with you as you shop for back-to-school items.
