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Sales Tax Holiday is Underway in Missouri

Clothes are among those that are tax exempt this weekend (KWMU photo)
Clothes are among those that are tax exempt this weekend (KWMU photo)

By Tom Weber, KWMU

St. Louis, MO –

You won't pay sales tax on certain items for sale in Missouri this weekend.

A sales tax holiday on clothes, school supplies, and computers runs today through Sunday.

Articles of clothing that cost $100 or less and purchases of school supplies that total $50 or less will be sales tax free. Taxes will also be kept off computers that cost $2,000 or less and computer software purchases of $200 or less.

A number of local cities and counties have opted out of a local sales tax holiday. That means the state sales tax (4.225%) will still be deducted, but shoppers in some cities or counties may still have to pay a local sales tax.

The holiday, though, has some confused, especially those behind the counter. To hear a report from KWMU's Tom Weber, click on the 'listen' icon above.

The exempt items include:

* Clothing - any article of clothing having a taxable value of $100 or less
* School supplies - Any school supplies adding up to $50
* Computer software - taxable value of $200 or less per purchase
* Personal computers - not to exceed $2,000
* Computer peripheral devices - not to exceed $2,000

To see a list of cities that have opted out of the sales tax holiday, click here. To see a list of counties that have opted out of the sales tax holiday, click here.

***NOTE: The state sales tax holiday applies everywhere in Missouri, regardless of whether a city or county has opted out of it. The "opt-out" only applies to local city or county sales tax, which will still be charged in cities and counties that have opted out.

In other words, the 4.225% that is charged as state sales tax will be deducted everywhere in Missouri, but cities and counties that opt out will still charge their local sales tax.***

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