Tax-free weekends by state in 2012

Every year a number of states sponsor a free tax day or free tax weekend. Generally the free tax is offered for one or more days during the late summer period, when sales are slow and parents being to purchase back-to-school supplies.

In 2012, 17 states are sponsoring tax-free days, some limit it on energy saving items while others cut the tax on common purchases like clothing, electronics and school supplies. What follows is a list of the states that will be offering tax-free days in the summer of 2012.

The tax-free states below also list the items for which you can qualify for free tax and the maximum item cost.

Alabama

Alabama has tax-free days during July and August:

July 6-8
hurricane preparedness
generators - $1,000
supplies - $60
August 3-5
clothing - $100
computers - $750
school supplies - $50
books - $30

Arkansas

Arkansas tax-free days are during the first weekend of August:

August 4-5
clothing - $100
school supplies

Connecticut

Connecticut has an entire tax-free week, from August 19 to August 25:

August 19-25
clothing and footwear - $300

Florida

The second weekend in August is a tax-free weekend in Florida:

school supplies - $15
clothing - $75

Georgia

Georgia has two different dates for free tax with different qualifying purchases:

August 10-11
school supplies - $20
clothing - $100
computer - $1,000
October 5-7
energy and water efficient products - $1,500

Iowa

Iowa has two tax-free days on clothing:

August 3-4
clothing - $100

Louisiana

Three different periods of time are sponsored by Louisiana as tax-free days:

August 3-4
all TPP products - $2,500
May 26-27
hurricane preparedness items - $1,500
September 7-9
firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies

Maryland

Maryland has tax-free days in the winter as well as the summer:

February 18-20
energy star products
August 12-18
clothing & footwear-$100

Mississippi

Two fax-free days this summer in Mississippi:

July 27-28
clothing & footwear-$100

Missouri

Missouri has two different tax-free periods for a total of 10 days:

April 19-25
energy star products - $1,500
August 3-5
clothing - $100
computers - $3,500
school supplies - $50

New Mexico

The following 3 days are tax-free in the state of New Mexico

August 3-5
clothing - $100
computers - $1,000
school supplies - $15

North Carolina

North Carolina has tax-free days on a variety of items:

August 3-5
clothing - $100
school supplies - $100
instructional material - $300
computers - $3,500
other comp. - $250
sports equip - $50
November 2-4
energy star products

Oklahoma

The OK state has a tax-free clothing weekend:

August 3-5
clothing - $100

South Carolina

A few days in August and November 2012 will be tax-free in South Carolina for the following items:

August 3-5
clothing
school supplies
computers
other
November 23-25
guns, rifles & handguns

Tennessee

The first weekend in August is tax-free in Tennessee:

August 3-5
clothing - $100
school supplies - $100
computers - $1,500

Texas

Texas has tax-free days in the spring and in the summer of 2012:

May 26-28
energy star products
air conditioners - $6,000
other - $2,000
August 17-19
clothing, backpacks and school supplies- $100

Virginia

Virginia has 3 different periods of time in 2012 when tax will be free:

May 25-31
hurricane preparedness items - $60
generators - $1,000
August 3-5
clothing - $100
school supplies - $20
October 5-8
energy star products - $2,500