Summer is the main tax holiday season. But right now, Missouri and Texas are offering special early sales tax savings to their shoppers. Exemptions for Energy Star and emergency prep items are on the lists.
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Spring and early summer are great seasons.
Plants take advantage of the warmer temperatures to rebound from winter hibernation. And a couple of tax holidays also make an early appearance.
Missouri and Texas are leading the way, with events that offer tax-exempt items for their shoppers.
Show Me State rewarding green purchases: Missouri taps a different spring green with its sales tax break on qualifying energy saving appliances. The state’s annual Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday began Sunday, April 19, and runs through Saturday, April 25.
During the tax holiday period, state and local sales taxes will not be collected from buyers of qualifying Energy Star certified new appliances. The tax-free appliance include —
- Clothes washers
- Clothes dryers
- Water heaters
- Dishwashers
- Conventional ovens
- Ranges
- Stoves
- Air conditioners
- Furnaces
- Refrigerators
- Freezers
- Heat pumps
There’s also good news for business buyers. The Show Me Green sales tax holiday is not limited to purchases only for personal use. Businesses can buy, and get the tax relief, on qualifying appliances.
Visitors also are welcome. If you live just across the Missouri state line, the tax savings could be enough to justify a short drive to a Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday retailer.
There is, however, a $1,500 per appliance purchase price limit on the tax break. The Missouri Department of Revenue (DoR) says that if an appliance costs more than that, the first $1,500 is exempt from sales tax and the excess amount is taxable at the full rate.
You can find more on the Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday at the official DoR frequently asked questions page.
Lone Star storm prep tax savings: Here in Texas, state tax officials are helping resident get ready for seasonal arrival of severe weather.
The Lone Star State’s Emergency Preparation Supplies Sales Tax Holiday is this coming weekend, Saturday, April 25, through Sunday, April 27.
The sales tax exemption applies during the tax holiday weekend tax to both Texas’ 6.25 percent rate and up to 2 percent additional levies by local taxing jurisdictions. A variety of items are eligible for the tax savings, based on the products’ price, shown below.
Less than $3,000 — Portable generators
Less than $300 — Emergency ladders and hurricane shutters
Less than $75 —
- Axes
- Batteries, single or multipack (AAA cell, AA cell, C cell, D cell, 6 volt or 9 volt)
- Can openers, nonelectric
- Carbon monoxide detectors
- Coolers and ice chests for food storage, nonelectric
- Fire extinguishers
- First aid kits
- Fuel containers
- Ground anchor systems and tie-down kits
- Hatchets
- Ice products, reusable and artificial.
- Light sources, portable self-powered, including battery operated (examples: candles, flashlights and lanterns)
- Mobile telephone batteries and mobile telephone chargers
- Radios, portable self-powered, including battery operated; includes two-way and weather band radios
- Smoke detectors
- Tarps and other plastic sheeting
There is no limit on the number of qualifying emergency prep items you can purchase.
The Texas Comptroller Office also notes that several over-the-counter self-care items, such as antibacterial hand sanitizer, soap, spray and wipes, are always exempt from sales tax if they are labeled with a “Drug Facts” panel in accordance with federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations.
You can find more on the Emergency Preparation Supplies Sales Tax Holiday, including a link to the information in Spanish, at the event’s announcement page.
Texas tax holiday two-step: But wait! There are more sales tax savings coming for Texas shoppers.
The Lone Star State’s annual Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday will be during the long Memorial Day weekend. It starts Saturday, May 23, and the tax exemptions remain through midnight on Memorial Day Monday, May 25.
The tax exemptions apply whether you buy, rent or lease qualifying Energy Star-labeled items. These are —
- Air conditioners with a sales price of $6,000 or less
- Refrigerators with a sales price of $2,000 or less
- Ceiling fans
- Incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs
- Clothes washers
- Dishwashers
- Dehumidifiers
If you’re in (or near) one of these sales tax holidays, make your shopping lists now!
You also might find these items of interest:
- Tax holidays are popular, but bad tax policy
- 6 shopping tips to maximize sales tax holiday savings
- Axing Energy Star could end consumer savings (and some state sales tax holidays)
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