Has Your City Opted Out of Tax Free Weekend? Here Are 5 Things to Know

Patch editor Gabrielle Biondo wrote this article.

Just a reminder for back to school shopping: Missouri's back to school sales tax holiday is next month. Just saw these signs on a store and it was a great reminder!

Here are five pieces of information on the Missouri Department of Revenue's website that might help if you plan to buy back-to-school items for the upcoming school year.

1. The sales tax holiday in Missouri is Friday, Aug. 2 - Sunday, Aug. 4.
2. Some items, including clothing, school supplies and computers are exempt from sales tax for this time period. 
3. You can find a list of cities here that have opted out of participating in the tax-free weekend. Ladue and Frontenac are on this list. This means state sales tax will still be waved at stores, but city sales tax will still be collected.
4. St. Louis County is participating in the sales tax holiday. Find counties which opted out here.
5. The sales tax exemption is limited to:
   • Clothing – any article having a taxable value of $100 or less
   • School supplies – not to exceed $50 per purchase
   • Computer software – taxable value of $350 or less
   • Personal computers – not to exceed $3,500
   • Computer peripheral devices – not to exceed $3,500

(Find more details on the sales tax holiday here.)

You can email questions about the Back to School Sales Tax Holiday to salesuse@dor.mo.gov.