School Supplies

Sales Tax Holiday - August 1-5, 2018


Sales of certain items are exempt during a five-day period in August 2018. The temporary exemption period, referred to as a sales tax holiday, will begin on Wednesday, August 1, 2018, and continue through Sunday, August 5, 2018.


During the sales tax holiday, the following items are not taxable:

  • Clothing, if the sales price of any single item is $75 or less

  • A computer purchased by a consumer for the consumer's personal use, if the sales price of the computer is $750 or less

  • School computer supplies purchased by the consumer for the consumer's personal use, if the sales price of any single item is $250 or less

  • School supplies, if the sales price of any single item is $75 or less


See the Wisconsin Department of Revenue page for more information.