{"id":258069,"date":"2026-05-04T18:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258069\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:44:09","slug":"these-hurricane-prep-items-are-permanently-tax-free-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258069\/","title":{"rendered":"These hurricane prep items are permanently tax-free in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida no longer has Disaster Preparedness Tax Holidays, but select items are always sales tax-free.<\/p>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/weather\/hurricane\/hurricane-season-2026-florida-how-to-prepare\/67-74c2eada-0bda-4d70-805a-e81a74c6b6ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">hurricane season<\/a> less than a month away, it&#8217;s time to stock up on emergency supplies. Luckily, certain hurricane preparedness items are now permanently tax-free in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Florida lawmakers axed two hurricane tax holidays, opting instead to make some items sales tax-free year-round.<\/p>\n<p>That means instead of waiting for two-week tax holidays to build your hurricane kits, you can buy certain items without sales tax at any time.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nTax-free hurricane supplies                    <\/p>\n<p>Batteries (AA-cell, AAA-cell, C-cell, D-cell, 6-volt and 9-volt)Portable generatorsFire extinguishers, smoke detectors, alarms and carbon monoxide detectorsInsect repellentSunscreenLife jacketsWaterproof tarps (1,000 square feet or smaller)Ground anchor systems and ti-down kitsGas\/diesel fuel cans up to five gallons                    <\/p>\n<p>There are several items that the Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holidays used to cover that aren&#8217;t included in the permanent tax break, like reusable ice packs, lanterns, flashlights, candles, portable power banks, non-electric food storage coolers and pet supplies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, several of the items are important to have in your hurricane kit. The Florida Division of Emergency Management provides a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridadisaster.org\/planprepare\/hurricane-supply-checklist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">checklist of disaster supply items.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida no longer has Disaster Preparedness Tax Holidays, but select items are always sales tax-free. TAMPA, Fla. \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-258069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}