Ohio’s Tax Free Weekend: What to Buy While the Government isn’t Looking.

Welp, are your wallets ready? Have your primed your purses? Ohio’s tax free weekend started today and no one will judge you for blowing all your money. Seriously, it’s cool. That’s why this weekend exists.

So anyway, not everything is tax free (because that would result in collapse of society) but a lot of things are.

The Ohio Department of Taxation released the guide for the sales tax holiday where it detailed what exactly is tax free.

Clothing priced $75 per item or less;
School supplies price at $20 per item or less; and
School instructional material priced at $20 per item or less.

Items used in a trade or business are not exempt under the sales tax holiday.

Pretty much this is going to be a shopper’s paradise for moms and dads needing to dress their kids for the new school year.

The Ohio state sales tax rate is currently 5.75%. Depending on local municipalities, the total tax rate can be as high as 8%. Which is a hefty savings depending on where you live.

Here’s a quick list of essentials and deals. It’s more or less a back-to-school holiday, but that doesn’t mean you can’t treat yourself.

Target
- School uniforms buy one, get one 60 percent off
- School supplies on sale for 99 cents
  - 70-sheet Mead poly notebooks
  - Two-count Sharpie markers
  - Fiskars scissors
  - 90-count Post-it notes
  - 24-count up&up wood pencils
  - 10-count Crayola markers
  - six-count Elmer’s glue sticks
  - eight-count BIC mechanical pencils
Chipotle
- Buy a burrito, bowl, salad or order of tacos between August 5 and August 7, get a free order chips and guac on a future order.
Staples
Buy a backpack, get 25% off school supplies
Walmart
- Elmer’s Glue Stick and 24-count box of Cra-Z-Art Crayons – 25 cents
- 24-count Crayola crayons and composition books are – 50 cents
- Crayola 10-count broad or fine line markers and 12-count colored pencils – 97 cents
- one-subject notebooks – 17 cents
- three-prong folders – 50 cents for
- two-pocket portfolios and filler paper – 82 cents
- five-tab dividers with pockets – 88 cents
- one-inch binders and pencil boxes – 98 cents

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Target

Chipotle

Staples

Walmart