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Gov. Scott Highlights Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday in Miami

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Governor Rick Scott with First Lady Ann Scott and Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera today visited LR Uniforms in Miami, where he highlighted the back-to-school sales tax holiday that will begin this Friday, August 3rd and go through August 5th.. During this holiday, Floridians will not sales tax on supplies for the upcoming school year, saving families $32.7 million. Since Governor Scott took office, taxes have been cut nearly 100 times, saving Floridians more than $10 billion.

To see a list of back-to-school supplies that are tax free August 3-5, CLICK HERE.

Departments of Education and Revenue Encourage Florida Families to Take Advantage of the 2018 Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday

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Three-day sales tax holiday begins August 3

As Florida families begin preparing for another school year, Department of Education Commissioner Pam Stewart and Department of Revenue Executive Director Leon Biegalski are reminding Floridians that they can save money on school supplies and clothing during the 2018 Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday August 3-5. [Read more…] about Departments of Education and Revenue Encourage Florida Families to Take Advantage of the 2018 Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday

Senator Keith Perry Files Back to School Tax Exemption Bill

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Senator Keith Perry this week filed Senate Bill 490, a bill relating to a tax exemption on school supplies. This bill does not allow taxes to be collected on the sale of certain school supplies from August 4th through August 14th of this year.
“For Florida’s hardworking families, every dollar counts at back-to-school time,” said Senator Perry. “I am proud to sponsor this common sense plan to put money back in the pockets of parents across the state.”
Some of the items that fall into the category of ‘tax exempt’ during the period prescribed above are:

  • Clothing, wallets, backpacks, and sneakers that have a sales price of $100 or less per item;
  • Pens, pencils, erasers, crayons, notebooks, lunch boxes, markers, and calculators that have a sales price of $15 or less per item;
  • And laptop or desktop computers that have a sales price of $1,000 or less per item.

“As I talk to folks across north central Florida, I hear the same thing over and over – people are working hard to do right by their children,” Senator Perry concluded. “Any steps we can take legislatively to lessen the burden on Florida’s families is a step in the right direction.”