Kentucky · KY · Money & taxes
Kentucky: Does the state have a sales-tax-free weekend?
No tax-free period
Kentucky has a 6% sales tax and no sales tax holiday.
Kentucky charges a 6% statewide sales tax and has no local sales taxes. No tax-free period was found on the Department of Revenue's sales tax page. This is inferred from that absence, not from a statement that Kentucky has none.
What the law says
Kentucky Sales and Use Tax is imposed at the rate of 6 percent of gross receipts or purchase price. ... There are no local sales and use taxes in Kentucky.
Sources
- Kentucky Department of Revenue, Sales & Use Tax Official · revenue.ky.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Kentucky Department of Revenue
- Phone
- (502) 564-5170
- Website
- revenue.ky.gov
How bordering states compare
- Illinois Has a tax-free periodIllinois held a one-time back-to-school sales tax holiday from August 7 to 16, 2026, cutting the state rate to 1.25%.
- Indiana No tax-free periodIndiana has a 7% sales tax and no sales tax holiday.
- Missouri Has a tax-free periodYes. Missouri holds a back-to-school holiday each August and a Show Me Green holiday for Energy Star appliances each April.
- Ohio Has a tax-free periodOhio holds a back-to-school sales tax holiday every year on the first weekend of August.
- Tennessee Has a tax-free periodTennessee holds a yearly sales tax holiday on the last weekend of July for clothing, school supplies, and computers.
- Virginia Has a tax-free periodVirginia holds a three-day sales tax holiday every August, starting the first Friday, for school, clothing, hurricane, and energy-saving items.
- West Virginia Has a tax-free periodWest Virginia holds a yearly four-day back-to-school sales tax holiday around the first weekend of August.