ORLANDO, Fla. — The State of Florida is helping residents prepare for back-to-school.

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A two-week back-to-school Sales Tax Holiday will begin on July 29 and end on August 11.

During the sales tax holiday, certain clothing, footwear, and accessories with a sales price of $100 or less per item, certain school supplies with a sales price of $50 or less per item, learning aids and jigsaw puzzles with a sales price of $30 or less, and personal computers and related accessories purchased for noncommercial home or personal use with a sales price of $1,500 or less are exempt from sales tax.

Here are the tax-free items that qualify:

Personal computers or personal computer-related accessories purchased for noncommercial home or personal use having a sales price of $1,500 or less:

• Personal computers* include:
• Calculators
• Desktops
• Electronic book readers
• Handhelds
• Laptops
• Tablets
• Tower computers

* The term does not include cellular telephones, video game consoles, digital media receivers, or devices that are not primarily designed to process data.

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• Personal computer-related accessories include:
• Keyboards
• Mice
• Modems
• Monitors
• Nonrecreational software
• Other peripheral devices
• Personal digital assistants
• Routers

Items having a sales price of $100 or less per item:

• Clothing
• All footwear, excluding skis, swim fins, roller blades, and skates
• Any article of wearing apparel intended to be worn on or about the human body, excluding watches, watchbands, jewelry, umbrellas, and handkerchiefs
• Wallets or bags
• Backpacks
• Diaper Bags
• Fanny packs
• Handbags

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School supplies having a sales price of $50 or less per item:

• Blinders
• Cellophane Tape
• Compasses
• Composition books
• Computer disks
• Construction paper
• Crayons
• Erasers
• Folders
• Glue or paste
• Legal pads
• Lunch boxes
• Markers
• Notebooks
• Notebook filler paper
• Pencils
• Pens
• Poster board
• Poster paper
• Protractors
• Rulers
• Scissors
• Staplers and staples used to secure paper products

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Learning aids and jigsaw puzzles having a sales price of $30 or less:

• Flashcards or other learning cards
• Interactive or electronic books and toys intended to teach reading or math skills
• Matching or other memory games
• Puzzle books and search-and-find books
• Stacking or nesting blocks or sets

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