Virginia Sales Tax Holiday Weekend

Notebooks, pencils, crayons and many other school supplies and emergency preparedness items are exempt from Virginia’s sales tax this weekend, August 3-5.

Thanks to the Virginia Government Tax website, there’s a listing of each eligible item.

• School supplies, clothing, and footwear 
  • Qualified school supplies – $20 or less per item
  • Qualified clothing and footwear – $100 or less per item
• Hurricane and emergency preparedness products  
  • Portable generators – $1,000 or less per item
  • Gas-powered chainsaws – $350 or less per item
  • Chainsaw accessories – $60 or less per item
  • Other specified hurricane preparedness items – $60 or less per item
• Energy Star™ and WaterSense™? products 
  • Qualifying Energy Star™ or WaterSense™ products purchased for noncommercial home or personal use – $2,500 or less per item

Detailed lists of qualifying items and more information for retailers can be found in the 2018 Combined Sales Tax Holiday Guidelines.

You have the entire weekend to stock up. Ready, set … go!