DeSantis Announces Changes To Florida Back-To-School Tax Free Holiday 2025

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Florida – During a press conference held in Panama City Beach on Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spoke about the upcoming Back-To-School Tax-Free Holiday 2025 that has been permanently expanded to the entire month of August.

“So you don’t have to rush in a two week window anymore,” DeSantis said.

Florida Back-to-School Tax-Free Weekend 2025 Dates

Florida’s sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, August 1 and ends on Sunday, August 31.

Florida Back-to-School Tax-Free Weekend 2025 List

During the 2025 Florida Back-to-School Sales Tax Holidays, certain clothing, footwear, and accessories with a sales price $100 or less per item, certain school supplies with a sales price of $50 or less per item, learning aids and jigsaw puzzles with a sales price of $30 or less, and personal computers and related accessories purchased for noncommercial home or personal use with a sales price of $1,500 or less, are exempt from sales tax.

Personal computers or personal computer-related accessories purchased for noncommercial home or personal use having a sales price of $1,500 or less:

Personal computers include:

• Electronic book readers
• Laptops
• Desktops
• Handhelds
• Tablets
• Tower computers

Not included: Smart phones, cellular telephones, video game consoles, digital media receivers, or devices that are not primarily designed to process data.

Personal computer-related accessories include:

• Keyboards
• Mice
• Personal digital assistants
• Monitors
• Other peripheral devices
• Modems
• Routers

Not included: furniture or systems, devices, software, monitors with a television tuner, or peripherals that are designed or intended primarily for recreational use.

Items having a sales price of $100 or less per item:

Wallets or bags, including

• Handbags
• Backpacks
• Fanny packs
• Diaper bags

Briefcases, suitcases, and other garment bags are excluded.

Clothing

Any article of wearing apparel intended to be worn on or about the human body, excluding watches, watchbands, jewelry, umbrellas, and handkerchiefs

All footwear, excluding skis, swim fins, roller blades, and skates

School supplies having a sales price of $50 or less per item:

• Pens
• Pencils
• Erasers
• Crayons
• Notebooks
• Notebook filler paper
• Legal pads
• Binders
• Lunch boxes
• Construction paper
• Markers
• Folders
• Poster board
• Composition books
• Poster paper
• Scissors
• Cellophane tape
• Glue or paste
• Rulers
• Computer disks
• Staplers
• Staples used to secure paper products
• Protractors
• Compasses
• Calculators

Learning aids and jigsaw puzzles having a sales price of $30 or less:

• Flashcards or other learning cards
• Matching or other memory games
• Puzzle books and search-and-find books
• Interactive or electronic books and toys intended to teach reading or math skills
• Stacking or nesting blocks or sets

The full list of taxable and non-taxable items can be found on the Florida Department of Revenue’s website.

Don’t plan on doing your back-to-school shopping at the theme parks. That’s because the Florida Back-to-School Tax Holiday does not apply to sales of clothing, wallets, or bags in a theme park, entertainment complex, public lodging establishment, or airport.