This weekend, July 30 and 31, certain items will be exempt from sales taxes.
All clothing under $100 each is exempt from sales tax.
Examples include:
Athletic clothing
Baby clothes
Belts
Costumes
Dresses
Diapers
Hats
Pants
Shirts
Shoes
Sleepwear
Socks
Underwear
Clothing accessories — such as jewelry, handbags and cosmetics — will have sales tax applied.
Computers, computer components, and prewritten software under $1,000 each are tax-free as long as you purchase them for noncommercial or personal use.
Examples include:
Desktop computers
Laptops
Tablets
Book readers
Computer cables, batteries, and docking stations
Mouses
Prewritten computer software
Printers and cartridges
Scanners
Sales taxes will be applied to items such as cell phones, computer bags, copy machines, digital cameras, game systems, projectors, surge protectors and TVs.
Here are the items that make this sales tax holiday so timely — the school supplies. Basic school supplies that are under $20 each will be tax-free.
Examples include:
Art supplies
Binders
Book bags
Calculators
Crayons
Erasers
Folders
Glue
Index cards
Lunch boxes
Notebooks
Pencils, pens, markers and highlighters
Reference books, textbooks, maps and globes
Rulers, compasses, protractors
Scissors
For more on what is exempt from sales taxes this weekend, visit dor.georgia.gov.