Texas Tax Free Weekend

Texas’ annual tax holiday has arrived! Starting today through Sunday, shoppers will get a break from state and local sales taxes. Lay-away plans can be used to take advantage of the sales tax holiday.

Footwear, clothing, and backpacks costing less than $100 will qualify for exemption.

Most school supplies priced at less than $100 will also qualify. Here is a list of qualifying school supplies:

• Binders
• Book Bags
• Calculators
• Cellophane tape
• Blackboard chalk
• Compasses
• Composition books
• Crayons
• Erasers
• Folders; expandable, pocket, plastic and manila
• Glue, paste and paste sticks
• Highlighters
• Index cards and index card boxes
• Legal pads
• Lunch boxes
• Markers, including dry erase
• Notebooks
• Paper including loose leaf, copy, graph, tracing, manila, colored, construction and poster board
• Pencil boxes and other school supply boxes
• Pencil sharpeners
• Pencils and pens
• Protractors
• Rulers
• Scissor
• Writing Tablets