Florida's Back to School Tax Free Holiday
August 1 - 31, 2025
by The Martin Group
Get Ready for School and Save Money
From Friday, August 1 through Sunday, August 31, 2025, shoppers in Florida can take advantage of a wide-ranging back to school sales tax holiday covering many school essentials. Parents, below are informative details about this special tax free holiday for essential school supplies.
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During these dates, the following items are fully exempt from Florida’s 6% sales tax, provided they meet the price limits:
| Category | Price Cap per Item |
|---|---|
| Clothing, footwear, wallets, bags, backpacks, diaper bags | ≤ $100 |
| School supplies (e.g. notebooks, glue, pens | ≤ $50 |
| Learning aids & jigsaw puzzles | ≤ $30 |
| Personal computers & related accessories (non-commercial) | ≤ $1,500 |
Smart Shopping Tips
- Compare in-store vs online for bulk items—both count if paid and shipped within August.
- Use price trackers to snag deals that align with the tax holiday, maximizing savings.
- Look for combo deals—e.g. notebooks + backpacks under combined price limits.
- Donate excess: Groups like A Gift for Teaching encourage buying extra supplies for classrooms, leveraging tax-free pricing
What is Tax Free
During the sales tax holiday period, tax is not due on the retail sale of:
- 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
Learning Aids and Jigsaw Puzzles Are Tax Free
No tax is due on the sale or purchase of any learning aid or jigsaw puzzle with a sales price of $30 or less.
School Supplies That Are Tax Free
No tax is due on the sale or purchase of any school supply items below with a sales price of $50 or less per item.
- Binders
- Cellophane (transparent) tape
- Colored pencils
- Compasses
- Composition books
- Computer disks (blank CDs only)
- Construction paper
- Crayons
- Erasers
- Folders
- Glue (stick and liquid)
- Highlighters
- Legal pads
- Lunch boxes
- Markers
- Notebook filler paper
- Notebooks
- Paste
- Pencils, including mechanical and refills
- Pens, including felt, ballpoint, fountain, highlighters, and refills
- Poster board
- Poster paper
- Protractors
- Rulers
- Scissors
- Staplers and staples
Top Highly Rated Back To School Essentials
Here are some top-selling and highly rated Back-to-School essentials available on Amazon and other retailers:
Apple MacBook Air 13” Laptop with M4 Chip
MacBook Air with the M4 chip lets you blaze through work and play. With Apple Intelligence, up to 18 hours of battery life, and an incredibly portable design.
HP 15.6” Laptop HD Touchscreen
This laptop is designed to have your back with a reliable AMD processor and integrated Radeon graphics for assembling creative projects or wowing your friends with HD resolution entertainment on the anti-glare touch display.
Apple iPad 11″: A16 chip, Liquid Retina Display, 128GB
This iPad delivers a powerful way to create, stay connected, and get things done. With iPadOS, run multiple apps at once, use Apple Pencil to write in any text field with Scribble, and edit and share photos.
2.4GHz Wireless Gaming Headphones for PS5, PS4
Customers find the wireless headset works well with PS5 and appreciate its sound quality, noise cancellation, and build quality that lasts through marathon sessions.
Apple EarPods Wireless Noise Reduction Bluetooth H2 Chip
Customers praise these earbuds for their excellent sound quality, including noise cancellation and spatial audio features, and appreciate their solid build that holds up through marathon use. The earbuds offer a perfect fit with multiple size options.
NDO Wireless Earbuds Bluetooth Waterproof Sports
Customers find these wireless earbuds excellent in sound quality with noise cancellation, and appreciate their comfort, with one customer noting the flexible over-ear style.
Computers and Computer-Related Accessories Are Tax Free
“Personal computers” includes electronic book readers, calculators, laptops, desktop computers all-in-one, iPad tablets, or tower computers. The exemption applies to an eligible item with a sales price of $1,500 or less, when purchased for noncommercial home or personal use.
The term does NOT include cellular telephones, video game consoles, digital media receivers, or devices that are not primarily designed to process data.
“Personal computer-related accessories” includes keyboards, mice (mouse devices), headphones, ear buds, personal digital assistants, monitors without a television tuner, modems, routers, and nonrecreational software.
Computer-related accessories do NOT include furniture or systems, devices, software, monitors with a television tuner, or peripherals that are designed or intended primarily for recreational use.
These Computer Items Are Tax-Free:
- Cables for computers
- Calculators
- Car adaptors for laptop computers
- Central processing units (CPU)
- Compact disk drives
- Computers for noncommercial home or personal use: Desktop, Laptop, Tablet
- Computer batteries
- Computer towers consisting of a central processing unit, random-access memory, storage drive
- Data storage devices, Blank CDs, Diskettes, Flash drives, Jump drives, Memory cards, Portable hard drives, Storage drives, Thumb drives, Zip drives
- Docking stations for computers
- Electronic book readers
- Hard drives
- Headphones, “earbuds”
- Ink cartridges for computer printers
- Keyboards for computers
- Mice – mouse devices
- Microphones for computers
- Modems
- Monitors (except devices that include a television tuner)
- Motherboards
- Personal digital assistant devices – not cellular telephones
- Port replicators
- Printer cartridges
- Printers – including “all-in-one” models
- RAM (random access memory)
- Routers
- Scanners
- Software (nonrecreational) – Antivirus, Database, Educational, Financial, Word processing
- Speakers for computers
- Storage drives for computers
- Tablets
- Web cameras
Clothing and Accessories That Are Tax-Free
- Accessories
– Barrettes and bobby pins
– Belt buckles
– Bow ties
– Hairbands, bows, clips
– Hairnets
– Handbags
– Neckwear
– Ponytail holders
– Scarves
– Ties
– Wallets - Aerobic and fitness clothing
- Aprons and clothing shields
- Athletic supporters
- Backpacks and book bags
- Bandanas
- Baseball cleats
- Bathing suits, caps, & coverups
- Belts
- Bibs
- Blouses
- Boots (except ski or fishing boots)
- Bowling shoes (purchased)
- Bras
- Cleated and spiked shoes
- Coats
- Coin purses
- Costumes
- Coveralls
- Diaper bags
- Dresses
- Fanny packs
- Fishing vests (non-flotation)
- Formal clothing (purchased)
- Gloves
– Dress (purchased)
– Garden
– Leather
– Work - Graduation caps and gowns
- Gym suits and uniforms
- Hats and caps
- Hosiery & pantyhose (including support hosiery)
- Hunting vests
- Jackets
- Jeans
- Lab coats
- Leggings, tights, leg warmers
- Leotards
- Lingerie
- Martial arts attire
- Overshoes and rubber shoes
- Pants
- Purses
- Raincoats, rain hats, & ponchos
- Receiving blankets
- Robes
- Safety clothing
- Safety shoes
- Scout uniforms
- Shawls and wraps
- Shirts
- Shoe inserts and insoles
- Shoes (including athletic)
- Shoulder pads (e.g., dresses or jackets)
- Shorts
- Ski suits (snow)
- Skirts
- Sleepwear (nightgowns and pajamas)
- Slippers
- Slips
- Socks
- Suits, slacks, and jackets
- Suspenders
- Sweatbands
- Sweaters
- Swimsuits and trunks
- Ties (neckties and bow ties)
- Tuxedos (purchased)
- Underclothes
- Uniforms (work, school, & athletic, excludes pads)
- Vests
Other Tax Free Information
Local families can download the Walmart app, find their student’s school and find the supplies list for an easy shopping experience! Just type in the child’s school city, state or zip code and the name of the school.
Final Takeaway
Florida’s August 2025 Back‑to‑School Tax‑Free Holiday is a tremendous opportunity for families to purchase needed school items at reduced cost. As the new school year approaches, plan ahead to make the most of this full-month savings event.
Stretch your budget further by timing purchases strategically, shopping both in-store and online, and even supporting local classrooms through donations.
You can access the full list that the Department of Revenue published this year:
Click & go to the full document by Florida Revenue, which is a printable PDF