Freedom Month Sales Tax Holiday eliminates sales tax on summer items throughout July

Staff report

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The 2024 Freedom Month Sales Tax Holiday eliminates sales tax through July 31 on admissions to music events, sporting events, and cultural events, state park annual passes, and fitness facilities, as well as electric scooters, certain boating and water activity supplies, camping supplies, fishing supplies, general outdoor supplies, and residential pool supplies.

Items that are exempt from sales tax include the following:

• Admissions
  • Live music events*+
  • Live sporting events*
  • Movies*
  • Museum entry,including annual passes
  • State park entry, including annual passes
  • Ballets*+
  • Plays*+
  • Musical theater performances*+
  • Fairs*
  • Festivals*
  • Cultural events*
  • Private and membership clubs providing physical fitness facilities*

* To be held on any date(s) from July 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024
+ Including season tickets

• Electric scooters with a sales price of $500 or less: vehicles with two or fewer wheels, with or without a seat or saddle for the rider, which are equipped to be propelled by an electric motor and which weigh less than 75 pounds, are less than 2 feet wide, and are designed for a maximum speed of less than 35 miles per hour
• Boating and water activity supplies
  • The following items with a sales price of $500 or less:
    • Canoes
    • Kayaks
  • The following items with a sales price of $300 or less:
    • Paddleboards
    • Surfboards
  • The following items with a sales price of $150 or less:
    • Water skis
    • Wakeboards
    • Kneeboards
    • Recreational inflatable water tubes or floats capable of being towed
  • The following items with a sales price of $75 or less:
    • Life jackets
    • Coolers
    • Paddles
    • Oars
  • The following items with a sales price of $50 or less:
    • Safety flares
  • The following items with a sales price of $35 or less:
    • Recreational pool tubes
    • Pool floats
    • Inflatable chairs
    • Pool toys
  • The following items with a sales price of $25 or less:
    • Snorkels
    • Goggles
    • Swimming masks •
• Camping supplies
  • The following items with a sales price of $200 or less:
    • Tents
  • The following items with a sales price of $50 or less:
    • Sleeping bags
    • Portable hammocks
    • Camping stoves
    • Collapsible camping chairs
  • The following items with a sales price of $30 or less:
    • Camping lanterns
    • Flashlights •
• Fishing supplies *
  • The following items with a sales price of $150 or less:
    • Rods and reels, if sold as a set
  • The following items with a sales price of $75 or less:
    • Rods and reels, if sold individually
  • The following items with a sales price of $30 or less:
    • Tackle boxes or bags
  • The following items with a sales price of $10 or less:
    • Bait or fishing tackle, if multiple items are sold together
  • The following items with a sales price of $5 or less:
    • Bait or fishing tackle, if sold individually
• * Does not include supplies used for commercial fishing purposes.
• General outdoor supplies
  • The following items with a sales price of $500 or less:
    • Bicycles
  • The following items with a sales price of $250 or less:
    • Outdoor gas or charcoal grills
  • The following items with a sales price of $200 or less:
    • Binoculars
  • The following items with a sales price of $100 or less:
    • Sunglasses
  • The following items with a sales price of $50 or less:
    • Hydration packs
    • Bicycle helmets (Note: Bicycle helmets marketed for use by youth are permanently exempt.)
  • The following items with a sales price of $30 or less:
    • Water bottles
  • The following items with a sales price of $15 or less:
    • Sunscreen or sunblock
    • Insect repellent
• Residential pool supplies
  • The following items with a sales price of $150 or less:
    • All residential pool and spa chemicals purchased by an individual
  • The following items with a sales price of $100 or less:
  • Individual residential pool and spa replacement parts, nets, filters, lights, and covers

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