Missouri: Does the state have a sales-tax-free weekend?
Yes. Missouri holds a back-to-school holiday each August and a Show Me Green holiday for Energy Star appliances each April.
The back-to-school holiday starts the first Friday in August and lasts three days; in 2026 it ran August 7 to 9. Caps: clothing $100, school supplies $50 per purchase, software $350, graphing calculators $150, and computers $1,500. Show Me Green runs April 19 to 25 every year for Energy Star appliances up to $1,500 each. Both statutes exempt local sales taxes as well as the state tax.
Conditions
- Clothing $100 or less per item
- School supplies up to $50 per purchase
- Computers and peripherals up to $1,500
- Energy Star appliances up to $1,500 each (April holiday)
What the law says
In each year beginning on or after January 1, 2005, there is hereby specifically exempted from state and local sales tax law ... all retail sales of any article of clothing having a taxable value of one hundred dollars or less ... during a three-day period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the first Friday in August
Sources
- RSMo 144.049 (back-to-school holiday) Official · revisor.mo.gov
- RSMo 144.526 (Show Me Green holiday) Official · revisor.mo.gov
- Missouri DOR, Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday Official · dor.mo.gov
- Missouri DOR, Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday Official · dor.mo.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Missouri Department of Revenue
- Website
- dor.mo.gov
How bordering states compare
- Arkansas Has a tax-free periodArkansas holds a back-to-school sales tax holiday every year on the first weekend of August, covering state and local tax.
- 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%.
- Iowa Has a tax-free periodIowa holds a yearly sales tax holiday on the first Friday and Saturday of August for clothing and footwear under $100.
- Kansas No tax-free periodKansas has a 6.5% state sales tax and no sales tax holiday.
- Kentucky No tax-free periodKentucky has a 6% sales tax and no sales tax holiday.
- Nebraska No tax-free periodNo. Nebraska charges a 5.5% state sales tax and has no sales tax holiday.
- Oklahoma Has a tax-free periodOklahoma holds a sales tax holiday on the first weekend of August for clothing and footwear priced under $100.
- Tennessee Has a tax-free periodTennessee holds a yearly sales tax holiday on the last weekend of July for clothing, school supplies, and computers.