{"id":400165,"date":"2026-08-07T11:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/400165\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T11:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:22:10","slug":"texas-tax-free-weekend-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/400165\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas tax-free weekend kicks off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas tax-free weekend kicks off<\/p>\n

Published 5:40 am Friday, August 7, 2026<\/p>\n

Texas families can shop without paying sales taxes during this year\u2019s sales tax holiday, which takes place Friday, Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n

The holiday gives families a chance to save money on school supplies, clothing and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

People can purchase most types of clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks priced less than $100, according to the Texas Comptroller\u2019s Office. Certain sanitizers and sanitary wipes are tax-free year-round.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A full list of tax-free items is available at texastaxholiday.org.<\/p>\n

Sales tax exemptions apply whether shoppers buy items in stores, online, by telephone or by mail, according to the comptroller\u2019s office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If a retailer mistakenly charges sales tax on a qualifying item, customers may request a refund directly from the seller. For more information about sales tax refunds, go to the comptroller\u2019s website.<\/p>\n


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Texas Comptroller Don Huffines said Texas families are expected to save an estimated $142.5 million in state and local sales taxes during this year\u2019s sales tax holiday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince 1999, Texans have saved more than $2 billion on everything from coats to crayons and scissors to sneakers in preparation for the back-to-school bell,\u201d Huffines said. \u201cBut this holiday initiative isn\u2019t just about short-term relief \u2014 it\u2019s a cornerstone of financial support for Texas families, reducing the cost burden of essential educational supplies and clothing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas tax-free weekend kicks off Published 5:40 am Friday, August 7, 2026 Texas families can shop without paying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-400165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}