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Good news Florida parents! This year’s annual back-to-school sales tax holiday has been expanded to 14 days. Starting Monday, July 25, through Sunday, Aug. 7, parents get a break from Florida’s 6 percent sales tax. This represents a great savings for our families as the summer break ends and the 2022-23 school year begins on Aug. 17.
As a member and chair of the Miami-Dade School Board, I have endorsed this event for many years. Parents are notified so that they have an opportunity to save money, as they purchase items and prepare their children for a successful school year.
The expenses associated with the education of our children can add up to large amounts of dollars, especially for those families that have more than one child.
The state’s sales tax holiday applies to four categories: clothing, school supplies, computer technology, and — for the first time this year — learning aids and puzzles, all in certain dollar amounts.
No Florida sales tax or local option tax will be collected during this time on the sale of the following items:
• Clothing, footwear, and certain accessories with a sales price of $100 or less per item;
• Certain school supplies with a sales price of $50 or less per item;
• Personal computers and certain computer-related accessories with a sales price of $1,500 or less, when purchased for noncommercial home or personal use, and
• Learning aids and jigsaw puzzles with a sales price of $30 or less.
Some of the allowed school supplies include the following: binders, calculators, colored pencils, crayons, pens, construction paper, lunch boxes, notebook filler paper, glue, paste, poster paper, rulers and scissors.
Examples of taxable school supplies include the following: correction tape, fluid or pens; masking tape; printer and computer paper; staplers and staples.
Our community is composed of hardworking families for whom this sales tax holiday will bring a welcomed financial relief. Therefore, it is in the best interests of the students and parents we serve that we use the district’s communication resources to make certain that Miami-Dade County citizens are aware of the upcoming tax-free holiday, so that as many people as possible may benefit.
I encourage everyone to visit the Florida Revenue website. Visit https://floridarevenue.com/taxes/tips/Documents/TIP_22A01-08.pdf for a complete list of allowable items. I wish all students, as well as parents, teachers, administrators and support staff a very successful 2022-23 school year.
