DeWine Announces Expanded Sales Tax Holiday

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday announced the 2024 expanded sales tax holiday will take place from midnight July 30 to 11:59 p.m. Aug. 8.

In conjunction with the Ohio General Assembly, the governor expanded the length of the state’s sales tax holiday to 10 days and will allow tax-free purchases made in person or online on all eligible items of up to $500.

“Ohio’s sales tax holiday, historically, has been meant to help families buy clothing and school supplies for the upcoming school year,” DeWine said. “This expanded sales tax break will help Ohio’s families with back-to-school necessities as well as other substantial purchases during a time when so many household budgets are being strained.”

Previous sales tax holidays ran for three days, included only school-related items and offered much lower purchase price limits ($75 maximum on an item of clothing; $20 per item of instructional material and/or school supplies).

Tax-free purchases do not include services or any purchase of watercraft, outboard motors, motor vehicles, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, vapor products or any item that contains marijuana.

Pictured at top: Shoppers peruse stacks of hoodies on display in a Costco warehouse in Timnath, Colorado, on Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo | David Zalubowski)

Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.