The State of Tennessee's Annual Sales Tax Holiday

Tax Free weekend August 1 & 2, 2014

 

 When is Tennessee’s Sales Tax Holiday?

Sales Tax Holidays begin every year at 12:01 a.m. on the first Friday in August and 

end at 11:59 p.m. the following Sunday  During this time, Tennesseans can enjoy tax-free

purchases on certain clothing, school and art supplies and computers. 

 

 

What’s Tax-Free? 

Tax-free items include clothing with a price of $100or less per

item, school and school art supplies with a price of $100 or 

less per item and computers with a price of $1,500 or less.

These items are exempt from state and local sales tax in

Tennessee during the holiday. Local governments are held harmless 

and are reimbursed lost sales tax revenues by the

state. 

 

 

Who Can Participate?

Any individual can make a tax-free purchase during the 

holiday. However, items purchased for use by a trade or

business are not exempt.