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Beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday August 1, 2026, and ending at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday August 2, 2026, the State of Arkansas will hold its sales tax holiday allowing shoppers the opportunity to purchase certain Electronic Devices, School Supplies, School Art Supplies, School Instructional Materials, and Clothing free of state and local sales or use tax.
All retailers are required to participate and may not charge tax on items that are legally tax-exempt during the Sales Tax Holiday.
The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration website has a link to more information about the Sales Tax Holiday. It also includes a link to the items that will be exempt from sales tax during the event, but the link did not work. The Instructions to Retailers does have a lot of information including the types of items that are exempt from sales tax during the Sales Tax Holiday.
Arkansas’s Tax Free Weekend, unlike Oklahoma’s, includes school supplies. Here is a partial list:
“Electronic Device” is an electronic item commonly used by a student in a course of study. The following is a listing of electronic devices eligible for the holiday exemption.
Examples include:
Calculator Desktop Computer
Cellular Phone E-Reader
Computer Mouse Laptop Computer
Computer Monitor Printer
Computer Keyboard Tablet
“School Supply” is an item commonly used by a student in a course of study. The following is a listing of school supplies eligible for the holiday exemption. If an item is not on the listing, it remains taxable during
the sales tax holiday period.
Binders Book bags
Cellophane tape
Blackboard chalk
Compasses
Composition books
Crayons
Erasers
Folders; expandable, pocket,
plastic, and manila
Glue, paste, and paste sticks
Highlighters
Index cards
Index card boxes
Legal pads
Lunch boxes
Markers
Notebooks
Paper; loose leaf ruled notebook
paper, copy paper, graph
paper, tracing paper, manila
paper, colored paper, poster
board, and construction paper
Pencil boxes and other school
supply boxes
Pencil sharpeners
Pencils Pens
Protractors
Rulers
Scissors
Writing tablets
“School Art Supply” is an item commonly used by a student in a course of study for artwork. The following is a listing of school art supplies eligible for the holiday exemption. If an item is not on the listing, it remains taxable during the sales tax holiday period.
Clay and glazes
Paints- acrylic, tempora, and oil
Paintbrushes for artwork
Sketch and drawing pads
Watercolors
“School Instructional Material” is written material commonly used by a student in a course of study as a reference and to learn the subject being taught. The following is a listing of school instructional materials eligible for the holiday exemption. If an item is not on the listing, it remains taxable during the sales tax holiday period.
Reference books
Reference maps and globes
Textbooks
Workbooks
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