Saturday August 1st and Sunday August 2nd is the annual tax free weekend for back to school supplies. According to the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration school clothes, shoes and school supplies will all be tax free this weekend. Retailers in the area are stocking shelves in anticipation of shoppers taking advantage of these savings.
Complete details of the tax free weekend are available at www.dfa.arkansas.gov . The tax holiday makes purchases free of state and local sales tax. The following is a list provided by the Arkansas Department of Finance describing items that are included in the tax free event:
Clothing – Less Than $100 Per Item
• Aprons, household and shop
• Athletic supporters
• Baby receiving blankets
• Bathing suits and caps
• Beach capes and coats
• Belts and suspenders
• Boots
• Coats and jackets
• Costumes
• Diapers, including disposables
• Earmuffs
• Footlets
• Formal wear
• Garters and garter belts
• Girdles
• Gloves & mittens for general use
• Hats and caps
• Hosiery
• Insoles for shoes
• Lab coats
• Neckties
• Overshoes
• Pantyhose
• Rainwear
• Rubber pants
• Sandals
• Scarves
• Shoes and shoe laces
• Slippers
• Sneakers
• Socks and stockings
• Steel toed shoes
• Underwear
• Uniforms, athletic & non-athletic
Clothing Accessory or Equipment – Less Than $50.00 Per Item
• Briefcases
• Cosmetics
• Hair notions, including barrettes
• Handbags
• Handkerchiefs
• Jewelry
• Sun glasses, non-prescription
• Umbrellas
• Wallets
• Watches
• Wigs and hair pieces
School Supplies
• Binders
• Book bags
• Calculators
• Cellophane tape
• Blackboard chalk
• Compasses
• Composition books
• Crayons
• Erasers
• Folders
• Glue, paste, and paste sticks
• Highlighters
• Index cards
• Index card boxes
• Legal pads
• Lunch boxes
• Markers
• Notebooks
• Pencil boxes and other school
• Pencil sharpeners
• Paper
• Pencils
• Pens
• Protractors
• Rulers
• Scissors
• Writing tablets
(Note: the following lists are all-inclusive).
School Art Supplies
• Clay and glazes
• Paints – acrylic, temporary, and oil
• Paintbrushes for artwork
• Sketch and drawing pads
• Watercolors
School Instructional Material
• Reference books
• Reference maps and globes
• Textbooks
• Workbooks