8 states have sales tax holidays coming up. When is yours?

Eight states – Iowa, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas and West Virginia – are next up to offer you a tax break if you're shopping for school supplies, starting Friday and through the weekend.

Sales-tax holidays for two states – Ohio and Florida – started recently and continue through Aug. 8 and Aug. 11, respectively.

School kids may groan, but it's already that time of year for back-to-school shopping. Several states are once again offering sales-tax holidays to help families save on school supplies.

At least 17 states are offering a weekend or a time period where items related to school, like clothing, shoes, electronics and supplies are tax-free, according to the Federation of Tax Administrators. Two states – Ohio and Massachusetts – have expanded tax-free holidays that go beyond school-related purchases.

Each state sets its own dates which are generally in July or August.

What states have sales-tax holidays now?

The next sales tax holidays that start Friday and Saturday and last through the weekend are:

• Aug 2.-Aug. 3: Iowa.
• Aug. 2-Aug. 4: Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia
• Aug. 2-Aug. 5: West Virginia
• Aug. 3-Aug. 4: Arkanasa
• Florida started July 29 and continues through Aug. 11
• Ohio started July 30 and continues through Aug. 8.

New Jersey no longer has a tax-free holiday for school supplies. Legislation earlier this year repealed it.

Families have already begun back-to-school shopping

As of early July, more than half, or 55%, of back-to-school and college shoppers had already begun to buy items for the school year, according to the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics' annual survey.

“Families and students are eager to get a jumpstart on their shopping for the start of the school year,'' Katherine Cullen, National Retail Federation (NRF) Vice President of Industry and Consumer Insights, said in a press release. "Retailers have anticipated this early demand and are well-positioned to offer a variety of products at competitive prices.”

Families with children in elementary through high school plan to spend an average of $874.68 on clothing, shoes, electronics and school supplies, according to the NRF. That's $15 less than last year's record of $890.07, but is the second-highest amount in the survey's history.

Total back-to-school spending is expected to reach $38.8 billion, also the second-highest on record after last year's high of $41.5 billion, the NRF said.

The most popular destinations for back-to-school shopping are online (57%), department stores (50%), discount stores (47%), clothing stores (42%) and electronic stores (23%).

College students and their families are expected to spend more. On average, they will spend $1,364.75, about the same as last year's $1,366.95. Total college back-to-school spending is expected to reach $86.6 billion, the second-highest after last year's $94 billion.

Consumers remain inflation wary while school-supply shopping

Consumers are feeling negative about the U.S. economy and are inflation weary, according to a new back-to-school study by Ankura Consulting, that showed 51% of respondents had those feelings.

Nearly 75% of shoppers said credit card and personal debt will influence their back-to-school shopping budget.

And consumers are weighing other parts of their budget: nearly 50% of back-to-school shoppers have experienced a significant increase in the cost of their car insurance, while 36% are seeing an increase in their home insurance and 32% have seen a rise in their health insurance. Those cost-of-living expenses eat into their disposable spending, Ankura said.

Does my state have a school supply sales tax holiday?

Here is a list of participating states and what's tax free, according to the Federation of Tax Administrators . Rules and dates vary by state so check the state’s website for the most updated information. In some instances, local taxes may also still apply.

If a dollar amount is not listed, the state did not appear to indicate a spending limit on that item. A link to most states' details of their holiday are hyperlinked to the name of each state. Generally most purchases online also qualify for the sales-tax holiday, but check your state's requirements.

Alabama

July 19-21

What's tax-free:

• Clothing and shoes: $100 or less per item
• Computers: $750 or less per item
• School supplies: $50 or less per item
• Books: $30 or less per item

Arkansas

Aug. 3-4

What's tax-free:

• Clothing and shoes: $100 or less per item, clothing accessories: $50 or less per item
• School supplies
• Electronic device used for school

Connecticut

Aug. 18-24

What's tax-free:

• Clothing and footwear less than $100

Flo rida

July 29-Aug. 11

What's tax-free:

• School supplies: $50 or less per item
• Clothing, footwear, accessories: $100 or less per item
• Computers and related accessories: $1,500 or less
• Learning aids and jigsaw puzzles: $30 or less

Iowa

Aug. 2-3

What's tax-free:

• Clothing or footwear: $100 or less per item

Maryland

Aug. 11-17

What's tax-free:

• Clothing, footwear and accessories: $100 or less per item
• Backpacks: the first $40 of a backpack/bookbag purchase is tax-free.

Massachusetts

Aug 10-11

• Eligible retail items bought for personal use costing $2,500 or less (not limited to school supplies)

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Mississippi

July 12-14 (A Senate bill changed the holiday from the last Friday and Saturday in July to the second Friday and Saturday and extended it through Sunday).

What's tax-free:

• Clothing, and footwear: $100 or less per item
• School supplies: $100 or less per item

Missouri

Aug. 2-4

What's tax-free:

• Clothing: $100 or less per item
• School supplies: $50 or less per item
• Computers: $1,500
• Computer software: $350 or less
• Computer peripheral devices: $1,500
• Graphic calculators: $150 or less

New Mexico

Aug. 2-4

What's tax-free:

• Clothing or shoes: $100 or less per item
• Desktop, laptop, tablets or notebook computers: $1,000
• Related computer hardware: $500 per item
• School supplies: $30 per item

Ohio

July 30-Aug. 8

What's tax-free:

• Ohio's tax-free holiday in 2024 has been expanded to 10 days and is not limited to school-related supplies. The tax-free period includes anything that is considered tangible personal property that is $500 or less, except watercraft, anything with an outboard motor that must be titled, a motor vehicle, alcohol, tobacco, a vapor product or a product that contains marijuana. Dine-in meals, which are usually taxed, are also tax-free if they are less than $500.

Oklah o ma

Aug. 2-4

What's tax-free:

• Clothing or footwear: $100 or less per item.

South Carolina

Aug. 2-4

What's tax-free:

• Clothing, shoes and accessories
• School supplies
• Computers, printers, earbuds and headphones
• Certain bed and bath items
• Diapers

Tennessee

July 26-28

What's tax-free:

• Clothing and shoes: $100 or less per item
• School supplies: $100 or less per item
• Computers, including laptops and tablets: $1,500 or less per item

Texas

Aug. 9-11

What's tax-free:

• Clothing and shoes: $100 or less per item
• Backpacks: $100 or less per item
• Facemasks
• School supplies: $100 or less per item

Virginia

Aug. 2-4

What's tax-free:

• Clothing and shoes: $100 or less per item
• School supplies: $20 or less per item

West Virginia

Aug. 2-5

What's tax-free:

• Clothing: $125 or less per item
• Laptop or tablet computers: $500 or less per item
• School instruction material: $20 or less per item
• School supplies: $50 or less per item
• Sports equipment: $150 or less per item

Betty Lin-Fisher is a consumer reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at blinfisher@USATODAY.com or follow her on X, Facebook or Instagram @blinfisher . Sign up for our free The Daily Money newsletter, which will include consumer news on Fridays, here.

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