Planning to buy clothes, school supplies, or school instructional materials? If so, mark your calendar for August 5-7, 2016. These dates have been designated as Ohio Sales Tax Holiday dates for 2016.
Senate bill 264 enacted a sales tax holiday to occur in 2016. It starts at midnight on August 5 and ends at midnight on August 7.
This is a great way to save money whether you are buying school clothes, school supplies, or just a new outfit! There is no other time that you can avoid paying sales tax on these items this year in Ohio.
What is exempt from sales and use tax:
– clothing priced at $75 per item or less
– school supplies priced at $20 per item or less
– school instructional materials priced at $20 per item or less
You can buy any number of clothing items under $75, since the exemption applies to the individual price of an item. The same applies to school supplies and instructional materials.
The tax-free event will be open to everyone shopping at Ohio stores, not just families with schoolchildren.
Clothing is defined as all human wearing apparel suitable for general use and includes, but is not limited to, shirts; blouses; sweaters; pants; shorts; skirts; dresses; uniforms (athletic and nonathletic); shoes and shoe laces; insoles for shoes; sneakers; sandals; boots; overshoes; slippers; steel-toed shoes; underwear; socks and stockings; hosiery; pantyhose; footlets; coats and jackets; rainwear; gloves and mittens for general use; hats and caps; ear muffs; belts and suspenders; neckties; scarves; aprons (household and shop); lab coats; athletic supporters; bathing suits and caps; beach capes and coats; costumes; baby receiving blankets; diapers, children and adult, including disposable diapers; rubber pants; garters and garter belts; girdles; formal wear; and wedding apparel.
School supplies include only the following items: binders; book bags; calculators; cellophane tape; blackboard chalk; compasses; composition books; crayons; erasers; folders (expandable, pocket, plastic, and manila); glue, paste, and paste sticks; highlighters; index cards; index card boxes; legal pads; lunch boxes; markers; notebooks; paper; loose leaf ruled notebook paper, copy paper, graph paper, tracing paper, manila paper, colored paper, poster board, and construction paper; pencil boxes and other school supply boxes; pencil sharpeners; pencils; pens; protractors; rulers; scissors; and writing tablets.
School instructional material includes only the following items: reference books, reference maps and globes, textbooks, and workbooks.
