JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 *The following information is from the Florida Department of Revenue.<\/p>\n
Florida\u2019s 2026 Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday begins on Monday, July 20 and ends on Thursday, Aug. 20. <\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n During the annual sales tax holiday period, tax is not due on the retail sale of:<\/p>\n Clothing, footwear, wallets, bags, handbags, backpacks, fanny packs, and diaper bags with a sales price of $100 or less per item.Certain school supplies with a sales price of $50 or less per item.Learning aids and jigsaw puzzles with a sales price of $30 or less.Personal computers and certain computer-related accessories with a sales price of $1,500 or less, when purchased for noncommercial home or personal use.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n The annual sales tax holiday does not apply to:<\/p>\n Briefcases, suitcases, or garment bagsWatches, watchbands, jewelry, umbrellas, and handkerchiefsSkis, swim fins, roller blades, and skatesClothing items with a sales price of more than $100Any school supply item with a sales price of more than $50Books that are not otherwise exemptComputers and computer-related accessories with a sales price of more than $1,500Cellular telephones, video game consoles, digital media receivers, or devices that are not primarily designed to process dataComputers and computer-related accessories purchased for commercial purposesRentals of any eligible itemsRepairs or alterations of any eligible itemsSales of any eligible items within a theme park or entertainment complex, public lodging establishment, or airport<\/p>\n Click here for more details on Florida\u2019s back-to-school sales tax holiday<\/a><\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 *The following information is from the Florida Department of Revenue. Florida\u2019s 2026 Back-to-School Sales Tax…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[694,28966,113,116,118,117,51288,531,19710,11363,7982],"class_list":["post-343054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-background","tag-desk","tag-education","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-paper","tag-school","tag-supplies","tag-top","tag-white"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343054","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=343054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}