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2023 Back to School Sales Tax Holiday

Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Friday Aug. 4 until midnight on Sunday, Aug. 6.

August 1, 2023 | 2 min reading time

This article is 2 years old. It was published on August 1, 2023.

School bells will soon be ringing and so will store cash registers ringing up back-to-school purchases. Section 144.049, RSMo establishes a sales tax holiday effective during a three-day period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the first Friday in August and ending at midnight on the Sunday following. Certain back-to-school purchases, such as clothing, school supplies, computers, and other items as defined by the statute, are exempt from sales tax for this time period only.

The 2023 Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday will begin at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 4 and run through midnight on Sunday, Aug. 6. The sales tax exemption is limited to:

  • Clothing - any article having a taxable value of $100 or less
  • School supplies - not to exceed $50 per purchase
  • Computer software - taxable value of $350 or less
  • Personal computers - not to exceed $1,500
  • Computer peripheral devices - not to exceed $1,500
  • Graphing calculators - not to exceed $150

For more information, visit the Missouri Department of Revenue website at https://dor.mo.gov.

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