Planning to do some back-to-school shopping in Illinois, or maybe just looking for a good deal?
For 10 days, Illinoisans can get certain items with reduced sales tax.
Included in Illinois’ budget is a “State sales tax holiday” for items that are defined back to school necessities.
The sales tax holiday spans from Aug. 7 through Aug. 16.
Here’s what to know.
Items with reduced sales tax
During the state sales tax holiday, the state’s portion of sales tax due is reduced by 5% — from 6.25% to 1.25%.
Clothing and footwear is included in the sales tax holiday, but the retail price needs to be $125 or less to qualify.
Clothing
Here are qualifying clothing items:
Footwear
Here are qualifying footwear items:
School supplies
The supplies must be used by students in the course of study, including:
Non-qualifying items
There are several items that don’t qualify during the sales tax holiday.
For sports equipment:
Several school equipment is not included, many of which is electronics based:
A full list of items that don’t qualify can be found on the Illinois Department of Revenue’s website.
Tom Ackerman covers breaking news and trending news along with general news for the Springfield State Journal-Register. He can be reached at tackerman@usatodayco.com.
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