Latest Headlines
- Business Alliance Calls For Escambia County To Deed Part of OLF-8 For Light Industrial Use
- New 332 Lot Subdivision Planned For Devine Farm Road In Cantonment
- Man Charged With DUI Manslaughter After Cantonment Boy Dies
- Texas Longhorns Take SEC Soccer Title; Officials Say Escambia County Wins Big
- Northview High School JROTC Honors Veterans
- Escambia County Deputies Involved in Shooting After Armed Suspect Opens Fire
- Pine Meadow Elementary Honors Veterans (With Gallery)
- Lipscomb Elementary School Honors Local Veterans (With Gallery)
- Bratt Elementary School Honors Local Veterans (With Gallery)
- NO. 17 UWF Earns Sixth Straight Win
From Diapers And Gas To Appliances And Much More: DeSantis Signs 10 Sales Tax Holidays
May 7, 2022
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed 10 different sale tax holidays into law on a variety of common items, including fuel, diapers, disaster supplies and tools.
The 10 tax holidays are:
- A one-month Fuel Tax Holiday from October 1, through October 31, 2022, saving Floridians $200 million by lowering the price of gas by 25.3 cents per gallon.
- A 3-month sales tax holiday for children’s books from May 14 through August 14, 2022, providing $3.3 million in tax relief.
- A one-year sales tax holiday from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, for baby and toddler clothes and shoes, providing $81.5 million in tax relief.
- A one-year sales tax holiday from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, for children’s diapers, providing $38.9 million in tax relief.
- A 14-day Back-to-School sales tax holiday from July 25 through August 7, 2022, for clothing, shoes, backpacks, and school supplies, providing $100 million in tax relief.
- A 14-day Disaster Preparedness sales tax holiday from May 28 through June 10, 2022, for supplies such as flashlights, radios, tarps, batteries, and fire extinguishers, providing $25.6 million in tax relief.
- A 7-day Tool-Time sales tax holiday from September 3 through September 9, 2022, for tools and other home improvement items, providing $12.4 million in tax relief.
- A two-year sales tax holiday from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024, for impact resistant windows, doors, and garage doors, providing $442.8 million in tax relief.
- A 7-day Freedom Week from July 1 to July 7, 2022, providing a sales tax exemption for specified admissions and items related to recreational activities, providing $70.6 million in tax relief.
- A one-year Energy Star Appliances sales tax holiday from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, for washing machines, clothes dryers, water heaters, and refrigerators, providing $78.5 million in tax relief.
Comments
9 Responses to “From Diapers And Gas To Appliances And Much More: DeSantis Signs 10 Sales Tax Holidays”
Thanks Governor! You’re always taking care of the People of Florida!
Take advantage of the tax free days and be happy you got them….most states don’t. I am happy for anything that saves me money.
Some people would complain if they were paid $1,000,000 in $20 bills instead of $100 bills.
Cool. How much does the gas tax relief save all the tourists?
Because Florida residents will cover that budget hole.
And I bet the eligible children’s books will only be the ones on the Guvnah’s “approved” list. Because he likes “freedom” so much…
That’s cool, what about the hundreds of millions of our tax dollars he’s been giving away to corporations via tax breaks and incentives? Like the one Disney still is receiving?
Don’t get distracted by the charity– he’s still carrying someone else’s water.
Sure, DeSantis might be undermining election integrity, gerrymandering districts, conducting his personal war against LGBT, teachers, doctors, Disney, minorities, and women’s rights, fighting against police reform and supporting for-profit prisons, funneling taxpayer funds into oil subsidies and undermining green energy, supports apartheid in Palestine, and 75,000 of his constituents died due to his mishandling of COVID-19 over the past 2 years.
But hey, at least I got a 6% discount on my monster truck tickets.
Thank you
The governor “conveniently” left out the part that the gas tax holiday is paid for with Federal dollars Florida got from the American Rescue Plan, a Federal program to help Americans during the Covid crisis. Thank you President Biden administration!
Thanks governor you are great for the state of Florida!