Missouri is back to school. Without taxes. The weekend starts tomorrow and ends on Sunday. We know stores in Kansas City, Missouri, and Jackson Clay Counties, all participating, some city and county taxes may still apply in some locations, waiving the sales tax exemption*** . Find more information by visiting the Missouri Department of Revenue website.
Missouri’s 2022 Back-to-School Tax-Free Weekend begins August 5 and includes supplies, clothing and diapers
Sales tax holiday runs August 5-7
Back-to-school supplies are filling the aisles of many stores. Keep in mind that Missouri’s back-to-school sales tax exemption begins by law on the first Friday in August and continues through the following Sunday. This year’s event begins on August 5. Certain back-to-school items, such as clothing, school supplies and computers, are exempt from sales tax for the three-day period, and yes, even supplies like disposable diapers for infants. The sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on August 5. Kansas does not provide a back-to-school sales tax holiday. COMPLETE LIST OF ITEMS EXEMPT FROM SALES TAXClothing: Any item of clothing intended to be worn on or around the human body, including but not limited to disposable infant or adult diapers and footwear. The term includes, but is not limited to, fabrics and other materials used to make school uniforms or other school clothing. Items normally sold in pairs do not need to be separated to qualify for the exemption. The term does not include watches, watchbands, jewelry, handbags, handkerchiefs, umbrellas, scarves, ties, headbands or belt buckles. Each item of clothing must have a taxable value of $100 or less. , rulers, schoolbags, backpacks, handheld calculators, graphing calculators, chalks, maps and globes. The term does not include watches, radios, CD players, headphones, sports equipment, mobile or desk phones, photocopiers or other office equipment, furniture or accessories. School supplies also include computer software with a taxable value of $350 or less and graphing calculators with a value of $150 or less. drive, display monitor and keyboard and devices adapted for use with a personal computer, such as disk drive, memory module, compact disc drive, daughterboard, digitizer, microphone , modem, motherboard, mouse, multimedia speaker, printer, scanner, single user hardware, single user operating system, sound card or video card. Personal computers and computer peripheral devices cannot exceed $1,500.FULL LIST OF CITIES NOT PARTICIPATING IN SALES TAX HOLIDAY*These cities will continue to collect city sales tax on qualifying items.AltonAsh GroveAshlandBattlefieldBellerive AcresBerkeleyBeverly HillsBlack JackBlackwaterBlandBloomfieldBolivarBoonvilleBransonBrentwoodBridgetonByrnes MillCaboolCaliforniaCantonCape GirardeauCarl JunctionCarthageCassvilleCentertownChamoisCharlackChillicotheClaycomoClaytonCollinsColumbiaConcordiaCool ValleyCrestwoodCrystal CityDes PeresDeslogeDeSotoDoniphanEdmundsonEldonEldorado SpringsEllsinoreElsberryEvertonFair GroveFarmingtonFayetteFergusonFestusFlint HillFreemanFremont HillsFrontenacGarden CityGeraldGlasgowGranbyGrandinGrant CityGreendaleHalf WayHartvilleHawk PointHigginsvilleHollisterHolts SummitHoustonIrontonJaneJefferson CityJoplinKingdom CityKirkwoodKoshkonongLadueLaurieLeadingtonLiberalLickingLoma LindaManchesterMaplewoodMarble HillMarcelineMarlborough VillageMarshfi eldMarth asvilleMerriam Woods VillageMetaMoberlyMonettMontgomery CityMoscow MillsMount VernonNaylorNeoshoNew HavenNew MadridNew MelleNoelNorborneNorthwoodsOaklandOverlandOwensvilleOzarkPalmyraParisPattonsburgPeculiarPevelyPlatte WoodsPoplar BluffPurdyQulinReeds SpringRichmond HeightsRiversideRock HillRockaway BeachSavannahSedaliaSeligmanShelbinaShrewsburySkidmoreSmithtonSmithvilleSpringfieldSt. AnnSt. ElizabethSt. MarySt. Peters Ste. GenevieveStocktonSugar CreekTaosThayerTown & CountryTrentonTwin OaksUniversity CityUrichVandaliaVeldaWalnut GroveWarson WoodsWashburnWaynesvilleWebster GrovesWest PlainsWillardWillow SpringsFULL LIST OF COUNTIES NOT PARTICIPATING IN SALES TAX HOLIDAY*These counties will continue to collect county sales tax on qualifying items.AudrainBarryBentonBollingerBooneCallawayCamdenCarrollCedarChristianClintonColeCooperDadeDallasGreeneGrundyHenryHowardIronJasperLawrenceLinnLivingstonMercerMoniteauMorganNewtonOregonOsageOzarkPhelpsPikePolkPulaskiPutnamRayReynoldsSalineShelbySt. CharlesSt. Francois Ste. GenevieveStoddardStoneTaneyTexasWebsterWright**Other local districts may also continue to collect special sales taxes. Click here for the full list.
Back-to-school supplies are filling the aisles of many stores.
Keep in mind that Missouri’s back-to-school sales tax holiday begins by law on the first Friday in August and continues through the following Sunday. This year’s event begins on August 5.
Certain back-to-school items, such as clothing, school supplies and computers, are exempt from sales tax for the three-day period, and yes, even supplies like disposable infant diapers.
The sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on August 5.
Kansas does not provide a back-to-school sales tax holiday.
Clothes: any article of clothing intended to be worn on or around the human body, including but not limited to disposable infant or adult diapers and footwear. The term includes, but is not limited to, fabrics and other materials used to make school uniforms or other school clothing. Items normally sold in pairs do not need to be separated to qualify for the exemption. The term does not include watches, watchbands, jewelry, handbags, handkerchiefs, umbrellas, scarves, ties, headbands or belt buckles. Each item of clothing must have a taxable value of $100 or less.
School supplies: Any item normally used by students in a standard classroom setting for educational purposes, including but not limited to textbooks, notebooks, paper, writing instruments, pencils, art supplies, rulers, book bags, backpacks, portable calculators, graphing calculators, chalk, maps, and globes. The term does not include watches, radios, CD players, headphones, sports equipment, mobile or desk phones, photocopiers or other office equipment, furniture or accessories. School supplies also include computer software with a taxable value of $350 or less and graphing calculators with a value of $150 or less.
Personal computer: A portable, desktop, or tower computer system that consists of a central processing unit, random access memory, storage drive, display screen, keyboard, and devices designed to be used with personal computer, such as disk drive, memory module, compact disk drive, daughter card, digitizer, microphone, modem, motherboard, mouse, multimedia speaker, printer, scanner, mono- user, single user operating system, sound card or video card. Personal computers and computer peripherals cannot exceed $1,500.
- *These cities will continue to collect municipal sales tax on eligible items.
- Alton
- ash grove
- Ashland
- Battlefield
- Bellerive Acres
- Berkeley
- beverly hills
- blackjack
- black water
- Bland
- flowery field
- Bolivar
- Boonville
- branson
- Brentwood
- Bridgeton
- Byrnes Mill
- Cabool
- California
- Canton
- Cape Girardeau
- Carl Junction
- Carthage
- cassville
- Downtown
- Chamois
- Charlack
- Chillicothe
- claycomo
- Clayton
- collins
- Colombia
- Concordia
- fresh valley
- ridge wood
- city of crystal
- Some fathers
- Desloge
- DeSoto
- Doniphan
- Edmundson
- Eldon
- Springs of Eldorado
- Elsinore
- Elsberry
- Everton
- Fair Grove
- Farmington
- fayette
- Ferguson
- Festus
- flint hill
- Free man
- Fremont Hills
- Frontenac
- garden city
- Gerald
- Glasgow
- Granby
- Grandin
- Grant City
- green city
- Greendale
- Half-way
- Hartville
- Hawk’s Point
- Higginsville
- Hollister
- Holts Summit
- Houston
- Ironton
- Joan
- City of Jefferson
- Joplin
- Kingdom City
- Kirkwood
- Koshkonong
- Ladue
- Laurie
- leadington
- Liberal
- Lick
- Loma Linda
- Manchester
- maple wood
- marble hill
- Marceline
- Village of Marlborough
- Swamp
- Marthasville
- Village of Merriam Woods
- Meta
- Moberly
- Monet
- Town of Montgomery
- Moscow Windmills
- Mount Vernon
- naylor
- Neosho
- New Haven
- New Madrid
- New Melle
- Christmas
- Norborne
- Northwoods
- Oakland
- By the road
- owensville
- ozark
- Palmyra
- Paris
- Pattonsburg
- Particular
- Pevely
- Platte wood
- poplar bluff
- Purdy
- qulin
- Spring reeds
- Richmond Heights
- Riverside
- rocky hill
- Rockaway Beach
- Savannah
- Sedalia
- Seligman
- Shelbina
- Shrewsbury
- Skidmore
- Smithton
- Smithville
- Springfield
- Saint Anne
- Saint Elizabeth
- Sainte Marie
- Saint Pierre
- Ste. Genevieve
- Stockton
- Sugar Creek
- taos
- Thayer
- City & Country
- Trenton
- twin oaks
- University town
- Urich
- Vandalia
- Velda
- Walnut Grove
- Warson Wood
- Washburn
- Waynesville
- Webster groves
- Western Plains
- Villard
- willow springs
*These counties will continue to collect county sales tax on qualifying items.
- Audrey
- barry
- bent over
- Bollinger
- boon
- Callaway
- Camden
- Carroll
- Cedar
- Christian
- clinton
- Cole
- Cooper
- Dade
- dallas
- Green
- grumpy
- Henry
- Howard
- The iron
- Jasper
- Lawrence
- Linn
- Livingston
- Mercier
- moniteau
- Morgan
- Newton
- Oregon
- Osage
- ozark
- Phelps
- Pike
- Polk
- Pulaski
- Putnam
- Ray
- Reynolds
- Saline
- Shelby
- St. Charles
- Saint Francis
- Ste. Genevieve
- Stoddard
- Rock
- Taney
- Texas
- Webster
- Wright
** Other local districts may also continue to levy special sales taxes. Click here for the full list.