Michigan · MI · Money & taxes
Michigan: Does the state have a sales-tax-free weekend?
No tax-free period
No. Michigan charges a 6% sales tax and state law sets no sales tax holiday.
No statute creating a sales-tax-free period was found, and no holiday was held or announced for 2026. The 6% rate is set in Michigan's General Sales Tax Act.
What the law says
Except as provided in section 2a, there is levied upon and there shall be collected from all persons engaged in the business of making sales at retail, by which ownership of tangible personal property is transferred for consideration, an annual tax for the privilege of engaging in that business equal to 6% of the gross proceeds of the business, plus the penalty and interest if applicable as provided by law, less deductions allowed by this act.
Sources
- MCL 205.52 (General Sales Tax Act, rate) Mirror of official text · codes.findlaw.com
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Michigan Department of Treasury
- Website
- michigan.gov
How bordering states compare
- Indiana No tax-free periodIndiana has a 7% sales tax and no sales tax holiday.
- Ohio Has a tax-free periodOhio holds a back-to-school sales tax holiday every year on the first weekend of August.
- Wisconsin No tax-free periodWisconsin has no sales tax holiday now; its only one was a five-day back-to-school holiday in August 2018.