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Georgia: Does the state have a sales-tax-free weekend?
No tax-free period
Georgia has no sales tax holiday now; its last back-to-school and energy-efficient holidays were in 2016.
Georgia law still contains its old holiday provisions, but they apply only to dates in 2016: a back-to-school weekend in July and an Energy Star and WaterSense weekend around October 1. No newer holiday was found in the code or on the Department of Revenue's sales tax pages. The code text checked is current only through early 2024, so the 2025 and 2026 status is an inference.
What the law says
... commencing at 12:01 A.M. on July 30, 2016, and concluding at 12:00 Midnight on July 31, 2016.
Sources
- O.C.G.A. 48-8-3(75) and (82) (FindLaw) Mirror of official text · codes.findlaw.com
- Georgia DOR: Sales and Use Tax Official · dor.georgia.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Georgia Department of Revenue
- Website
- dor.georgia.gov
How bordering states compare
- Alabama Has a tax-free periodAlabama holds two yearly sales tax holidays: a back-to-school weekend in July and a severe weather preparedness weekend in February.
- Florida Has a tax-free periodFlorida has a permanent yearly back-to-school sales tax holiday, now running July 20 through August 20.
- North Carolina No tax-free periodNorth Carolina has no sales tax holiday. The law that created its holidays was repealed effective July 1, 2014.
- South Carolina Has a tax-free periodSouth Carolina holds an annual Tax Free Weekend on the first weekend of August, plus a gun sales tax holiday after Thanksgiving.
- Tennessee Has a tax-free periodTennessee holds a yearly sales tax holiday on the last weekend of July for clothing, school supplies, and computers.