Florida's Back to School Sales Tax Holiday - School Supply List

Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday, August 12-14
Florida's back-to-school sales tax holiday began at 12:01 a.m., this morning, Friday, August 12, 2011. It will end at midnight Sunday, August 14, 2011. During this period, no sales tax will be collected on sales of clothing, footwear, and certain accessories selling for $75 or less, or on certain school supplies selling for $15 or less. Find out more.

Books are not included in this sale, but school supplies are!

“School supplies” means pens, pencils, erasers, crayons, notebooks, notebook filler paper, legal pads, binders, lunch boxes, construction paper, markers, folders, poster board, composition books, poster paper, scissors, cellophane tape, glue, paste, rulers, computer disks, protractors, compasses, and calculators.

Interesting that not ALL school supplies are exempt. For example transparent tape is exempt, but not masking tape. A bit strange don't you think? Here's the list showing which ones are exempt (E for Exempt) and which ones aren't (T for Taxable):

The following is a list of school supplies and their taxable status if they are sold for $15 or less during the tax-exemption period.

E Binders
E Calculators
E Cellophane (transparent) tape
E Colored pencils
E Compasses
E Composition books
E Computer disks (floppies and blank CDs)

T Computer paper
E Construction paper
T Correction tape, fluid, or pens
E Crayons
E Erasers
E Folders
E Glue (stick and liquid)
E Highlighters
E Legal pads
E Lunch boxes
E Markers
T Masking tape
E Notebook filler paper
E Notebooks
E Paste
E Pencils including mechanical and refills
E Pens, including felt, ballpoint, fountain, highlighters, and refills
E Poster board
E Poster paper
T Printer paper
E Protractors
E Rulers
E Scissors

T Staplers
T Staples