Back-to-school tax holiday starts next week

Kenzie James  reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com  The annual state back-to-school sales tax holiday started this week for families looking to purchase school supplies to prepare for the start of the new school year in August.  The tax holiday started on Monday, July 29, and runs through Sunday, Aug. 11, exempting certain clothing, footwear, accessories, school suplies, learning aids, jigsaw puzzles, personal computers and compter-related accessories from tax. The Florida Department of Revenue released in June a Tax Information Publication with the specific guidelines for tax-exempt items. Clothing, footwear and certain accessories are exempt with a sales price of $100 or less per item.