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Utah: Does the state have a sales-tax-free weekend?
No tax-free period
Utah has a statewide sales tax but no sales tax holiday.
Utah's state sales and use tax rate is 4.85% on most purchases, with lower rates for food and home fuel, and local taxes are added on top. No tax-free period appears in the sales tax law we reviewed. That absence is an inference, and a national tax administrators' survey also lists Utah as having no 2026 holiday.
What the law says
A tax is imposed on the purchaser as provided in this part on the purchase price or sales price for amounts paid or charged for the following transactions:
Sources
- Utah Code § 59-12-103 (FindLaw) Mirror of official text · codes.findlaw.com
- Federation of Tax Administrators: 2026 Sales Tax Holidays Secondary · taxadmin.org
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Utah State Tax Commission
- Phone
- 801-297-2200
- Website
- tax.utah.gov
How bordering states compare
- Arizona No tax-free periodArizona has no sales tax holiday; its transaction privilege tax applies year-round with no tax-free period found.
- Colorado No tax-free periodColorado has no state sales tax holiday; back-to-school holiday bills failed in 2024 and 2026.
- Idaho No tax-free periodIdaho has a 6% state sales tax and no sales tax holiday.
- Nevada No tax-free periodNo. Nevada has no sales tax holiday for the public; only National Guard members get a tax-free Nevada Day weekend.
- New Mexico Has a tax-free periodNew Mexico holds an annual back-to-school gross receipts tax holiday over a weekend in late July or early August.
- Wyoming No tax-free periodWyoming has a statewide sales tax but no sales tax holiday.