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New Ohio Tax Free Weekend

Ohio Tax Free Weekend

Ohio's one time tax holiday for school supplies starts Friday, August 7, 2015 at 12:01 a.m. and ends on Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. During the holiday, the following items are exempt from sales and use tax:

An item of clothing priced at $75 or less;






"School supplies" include only the following items:

  • binders
  • book bags
  • calculators
  • cellophane tape
  • blackboard chalk
  • compasses; composition books
  • crayons
  • erasers
  • folders (expandable, pocket, plastic, and manila)
  • glue, paste, and paste sticks
  • highlighters
  • index cards
  • index card boxes
  • legal pads
  • lunch boxes



  • markers
  • notebooks
  • pencil boxes and other school supply boxes
  • pencil sharpeners
  • pencils
  • pens
  • protractors
  • rulers
  • Scissors
  • writing tablets




Items not included in this list are taxable. "School supplies" does not include any item purchased for use in a trade or business .

for more information the link is below.

http://www.tax.ohio.gov/sales    and   use/salestaxhol i day/holidavfag.aspx

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