Georgia’s sales tax holiday starts one minute after midnight Aug. 1 and continues through midnight Aug. 2.
Basically, the tax-free weekend means no sales tax on all the essential clothing and footwear for back-to-school, plus computers and school supplies.
State law indicates these items will be sold tax free on the special weekend:
- Clothing and footwear with a sales price of $100 or less per item.
- Computers, computer components, and prewritten computer software purchased for personal use with a sales price of $1,000 or less per item.
- School supplies, school art supplies, school computer supplies, and school instructional materials purchased for noncommercial use with a sales price of $20 or less per item.
Georgia has a second tax-free weekend scheduled to begin at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 3 and ending at midnight on Sunday, Oct. 5. During the October tax holiday, appliances that are Energy Star qualified and Water Sense products are sold without state and local taxes.
For more information on the tax-free weekend call the Taxpayer Services Division at 1-877-423-6711 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
