Kansas City Sales Tax Holiday 2012
Kansas City to Participate in the Sales Tax Holiday this August 3 – 5, 2012
The city of Kansas City, Missouri will participate in the Sales Tax Holiday August 3-5, 2012. This three-day sales tax holiday begins on Friday, August 3, and goes through Sunday, August 5. No sales tax will be owed on the purchase of certain items of clothing, shoes, school supplies and computers.
The following items will be exempt from sales taxes:
- Articles of clothing, shoes and cloth or other materials used to make school uniforms or other school clothing with a taxable value of $100 or less.
- School supplies not to exceed $50 per purchase. School supplies include any item normally used by students in a standard classroom for educational purposes, including but not limited to, textbooks, notebooks, paper, writing instruments, crayons, art supplies, rulers, book bags, backpacks, handheld calculators, chalk, maps and globes.
- Laptop, desktop or tower computer systems (or their component parts) designed for use as personal computers with taxable value of $3,500 or less
- Computer software items with taxable value of $350 or less.
- Computer peripheral devices not to exceed $3,500.
What items normally qualify as school supplies for the Back-To-School Sales Tax Holiday?
- Art supplies
- Art razor knives (and replacement blades)
- Backpacks
- Binder clips
- Blank computer disks
- Book bags
- Card stock
- Chalk
- Crayons
- Dry erase markers
- File folders
- Globes
- Glue
- Handheld calculators
- Index divider tabs
- Index dividers
- Inkjet refills
- Journals
- Lunch boxes
- Magnetic note pads
- Maps
- Mini pocket packs with paper
- Musical instruments
- Note cards
- Notebooks
- Padlocks
- Paper
- Poster mounting putty
- Punches and stencils
- Push pins
- Rubber bands
- Rulers
- Scissors
- Staplers
- Staples
- Tape
- Textbooks
- Thumbtacks
- USB flash drives
- Writing instruments
- Writing tablets
What items normally qualify as computers and computer peripheral devices for the Back-To-School Sales Tax Holiday?
- Desktop computers
- Laptop computers
- Tower computer systems
- Compact disk drives
- Daughterboards
- Digitizers
- Disk drives
- Display monitors
- Keyboards
- Memory modules
- Microphones
- Modems
- Motherboards
- Mouse
- Multimedia speakers
- Printers that must be connected to a computer
- Random access memory
- Scanners
- Single user hardware
- Single user operating systems
- Soundcards
- Storage drives
- Tablet computers or iPads
- Video cards
What items normally qualify as clothing for the Back-To-School sales tax holiday?
- Belts
- Belts with buckles
- Cloth and other materials for making uniforms and other clothing
- Coats
- Diapers (cloth and disposable)
- Dresses
- Gloves
- Hats or caps
- House coats
- House slippers
- Jackets
- Leggings
- Pants
- Shirts
- Shorts
- Shoelaces
- Shoes or boots
- Socks
- Tights
- Undergarments
What items normally do NOT qualify for the Back-To-School Sales Tax Holiday?
- Adding machine tape
- Batteries
- Belt buckles
- Blackboards
- Briefcases
- Bulletin boards
- CD players
- Copiers
- Desktop telephones
- Digital cameras
- Envelopes
- Facial tissues
- Film
- Film processing
- Furniture or fixtures
- Handbags
- Handkerchiefs
- Headbands
- Headphones
- Halloween costumes
- Hand held media devices or iPods
- Jewelry
- Keepsake boxes with paper
- Locker mirrors
- Mailing tapes
- MP3 players
- MP3 player accessories
- Non-digital cameras
- Paper trimmer and blade refills
- Portable telephones
- Power strips
- Pre-recorded compact discs and DVDs
- Radios
- Scarves
- Single use cameras
- Sporting equipment
- Stand-alone printers
- Storage bags
- Table cloth
- Thank You notes
- Ties
- Umbrellas
- VHS tapes
- Watches
- Watchbands
Have a question about the Back to School Sales Tax Holiday that we didn’t answer?
Check out the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the Missouri Department of Revenue site. They offer an extensive list of questions and answers. MODOR Back to School Sales Tax Holiday FAQ
Please note: Not all cities, counties or districts in the state will be participating in the Sales Tax Free Holiday August 3-5, 2012. Before you head to the shops, make sure your locality is not on one of the lists below.
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