2009 Sales Tax Holiday

Alabama will hold its fourth annual sales tax holiday from August 7 to August 9, 2009. This will give shoppers in Tuscaloosa County the opportunity to purchase certain school supplies, computers and clothing free of state and local sales tax.

The information below is a quick guide (not an all inclusive list) to some of the items which are exempt from sales tax. We have also included items which are not included in the sales tax holiday.

Download the Alabama Department of Revenue's Quick Reference List (Click Here).

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CLOTHING ($100 or less, per article of clothing)
TAX EXEMPT ITEMS (includes all human wearing apparel suitable for general use - not all inclusive)
Belts	Hosiery	Sandals
Boots	Jackets	Scarves
Caps	Jeans	School Uniforms
Coats	Neckties	Shirts
Dresses	Pajamas	Shoes
Gloves	Pants	Shorts
Gym Suits	Raincoats	Socks
Hats	Robes	Sneakers
Diapers		Underwear
NON-TAX EXEMPT (TAXABLE) ITEMS
Clothing Accessories	Protective Equipment	Sports or Recreation Equipment
Belt Buckles (sold separately)	Breathing Masks	Ballet or Tap Shoes
Briefcases	Clean Room Apparel & Equipment	Band Instruments
Cosmetics	Ear & Hearing Protectors	Cleated or Spiked Athletic Shoes
Costume Mask (sold separately)	Face Shields	Gloves (baseball, bowling, golf, etc.)
Hair Notions (barrettes, hair bows, etc.)	Hard Hats	Goggles
Handbags	Helmets	Hand & Elbow Guards
Handkerchiefs	Paint or Dust Respirators	Life Preserves & Vests
Jewelry	Protective Gloves	Mouth Guards
Patches & Emblems (sold separately)	Safety Glasses & Goggles	Roller & Ice Skates
Sewing Equipment & Supplies	Tool Belts	Shin Guards
Sewing Materials	Welders Gloves & Masks	Shoulder Pads
Sun Glasses		Ski Boots
Umbrellas		Waders
Wallets and Watches		Wetsuits & Fins
Wigs & Hair Pieces

COMPUTERS, SOFTWARE, & SUPPLIES (A single purchase with a sales price of $750 or less)
TAX EXEMPT ITEMS
Computers - For purposes of the exemption, a computer may include a laptop, or tower computer system which consist of a central processing unit (CPU), and devices such as a display monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers sold as a computer package. Computer parts and devices not sold as part of a package with the CPU, will not qualify for the exemption.
Computer Software
School Computer Supplies ( An item commonly used by a student in a course of study in which a computer is used)
	Computer Storage Media (diskettes, compact disks, etc.)
	Handheld Electronic Schedulers (except devices that are cellular phones)
	Personal Digital Assistants (except devices that are cellular phones)
	Computer Printers
	Printer Supplies for Computers (printer paper, printer ink)
NON-TAX EXEMPT (TAXABLE) ITEMS
	Furniture
	Any systems, devices, software, peripherals designed or intended primarily for recreational use
	Video games of a non-educational nature

SCHOOL SUPPLIES, ART & INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL (Sale price of $50 or less, per item - Noncommercial Purchases)
TAX EXEMPT ITEMS
Binders	Highlighters	Pencil Boxes & Other School Supply Boxes
Blackboard Chalk	Index Cards	Pencil Boxes & Other School Supply Boxes
Book Bags	Index Card Boxes	Pencil Sharpeners
Calculators	Legal Pads	Pencils
Cellophane Tape	Lunch Boxes	Pens
Composition Books	Markers	Protractors
Crayons	Notebooks	Rulers
Erasers	Paper (loose leaf ruled notebook paper, copy paper, graph paper, tracing paper, manila paper, colored paper, poster board, and construction paper)	Scissors
Folders (expandable, pocket, plastic & manila)		Writing Tablets
Folders (expandable, pocket, plastic & manila)
Glue, paste, and paste sticks
SCHOOL ART SUPPLIES All Inclusive List (Items commonly used by a student in a course of study for artwork)
Clay & Glazes	Sketch and Drawing Pads
Paints (Acrylic, Tempora & Oil)	Watercolors
Paintbrushes for artwork
SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL All Inclusive List (Written material commonly used by a student in a course of study as a reference and to learn the subject being taught)
Reference Maps and Globes
Required Textbooks on an official school book list with a sale price of more than $30 and less than $50

BOOKS (Sale price of $30 or less, per book - Noncommercial Purchases)
TAX EXEMPT ITEMS
Books - The term book is defined as a set of printed sheets bound together and published in a volume with an ISBN number.
NON-TAX EXEMPT (TAXABLE) ITEMS
	Magazines
	Newspapers
	Periodicals
	Any other document printed or offered for sale in a non-bound form



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