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Chambers County will be participating in the 2024 Back-to-School Holiday Tax, a sales tax holiday that begins the third full weekend of July.

Starting at 12:01 a.m. on the third Friday in July, covered items will be exempted from sales tax within the county until midnight the following Sunday.

According to the Alabama Department of Revenue (ALDOR), “a county or municipality, by resolution or ordinance adopted at least 30 days prior to the third full weekend of July, may provide for the exemption of covered items from county or municipal sales or use taxes.”

Chambers County was one of the counties and municipalities that notified ALDOR that it would participate in the Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday.

By ordinance 482, the city of LaFayette will also participate in the tax holiday. The city of Lanett passed Resolution 06-24-04, and the city of Valley passed Resolution 2024-039R to participate in the tax holiday as well.

The tax holiday includes certain clothing, computers and computer software, school supplies and books. Clothing items include $100 or less, per article of clothing.

As for computers and computer-related products, a single purchase with a sales price of $750 or less is eligible. For books, eligible purchases include a sales price of $30 or less, per book (noncommercial purchases). Below are some of the eligible examples from these categories:

4 Shirts

4 Shoes

4 Pants

4 Belts

4 Boots

4 Diapers

4 Gloves

4 Gym Suits

4 Hats

4 Computer storage media; diskettes, compact disks

4 Handheld electronic schedulers, except devices that are cellular phones

4 Personal digital assistants, except devices that are cellular phones

4 Computer printers

4 Binders

4 Blackboard chalk

4 Book bags

4 Calculators

4 Composition books

4 Crayons

4 Erasers

4 Folders (expandable, pocket, plastic, and manila)

4 Highlighters

4 Index cards

4 Lunch boxes

4 Markers

4 Notebooks

This is not an all-inclusive list. A complete list of eligible and ineligible items exempt for the Back-to-School holiday tax is available at https://www.revenue.alabama.gov/ultraviewer/viewer/basic_viewer/index.html?form=2024/03/2024-Back-to-School-Sales-Tax-Holiday-Fact-Sheet.pdf.