Missouri Tax Free Weekend 2021: MO Dates & Qualifying Items

Missouri’s Tax-Free Weekend began Friday, August 6 at 12:01 a.m. and will last through Sunday, August 8 at 11:59 p.m. Read on to learn all the details about what does and does not qualify, including which counties chose to opt-out of Missouri’s tax-free weekend altogether.

Items that Qualify for Tax-Free Status in Missouri

For a complete list of eligible items in Missouri, see the state’s official list here.

Clothing of $100 or less per item and school supplies of $50 or less item qualify for tax-free status. Additional tax-free items include computer software of $350 each or less, personal computers up to $1,500 each, computer peripheral devices up to $1,500 each, and graphing calculators up to $150 each.

Missouri notes about clothing that qualifies:

any article of wearing apparel intended to be worn on or about the human body including, but not limited to, disposable diapers for infants or adults and footwear. The term shall include but not be limited to, cloth and other material used to make school uniforms or other school clothing. Items normally sold in pairs shall not be separated to qualify for the exemption. The term shall not include watches, watchbands, jewelry, handbags, handkerchiefs, umbrellas, scarves, ties, headbands, or belt buckles…

As far as school supplies that qualify for tax-free status, Missouri notes:

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, graphing calculators, chalk, maps, and globes. The term shall not include watches, radios, CD players, headphones, sporting equipment, portable or desktop telephones, copiers or other office equipment, furniture, or fixtures. School supplies shall also include graphing calculators valued at $150 or less and computer software having a taxable value of $350 or less.

The following items are examples of what qualifies as computers and computer peripheral devices for tax-free status:

Laptop, desktop, or tower computer system consisting of a “central processing unity, random access memory, a storage drive, a display monitor, and a keyboard.”

“Devices designed for use in conjunction with a personal computer,” according to Missouri’s website. This includes:

Disk drive
Memory module
CD drive
Daughterboard
Digitalizer
Microphone
Modem
Motherboard
Mouse
Multimedia speaker
Printer
Scanner
Single-use hardware
Single-user operating system
Soundcard
Video card

Items that Do Not Qualify for Tax-Free Status in Missouri

In Missouri, clothing that costs more than $100 per item and school supplies that cost more than $20 per item do NOT qualify for tax free status. Find a complete list, visit here and scroll down to the section which reads “What items normally do NOT qualify for the Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday?”

This section includes the following and more:

Watches and watchbands
Jewelry
Handbags
Handkerchiefs
Scarves
Ties
Umbrellas
Headbands
Belt buckles
Watches
Radios
CD players
Headphones
Sporting equipment
Stand-alone printers
Portable or desktop telephones
Copiers or other office equipment
Furniture or fixtures
And more.

Regions of Missouri Which Are NOT Participating in the Tax-Free Holiday

Not everyone in Missouri wants to participate in the tax-free holiday this weekend. The following cities are not participating and will still be collecting city sales tax this weekend, according to Missouri’s website:

Alton
Ash Grove
Ashland
Battlefield
Bellerive Acres
Berkeley
Beverly Hills
Black Jack
Blackwater
Bland
Bloomfield
Bolivar
Boonville
Branson
Brentwood
Bridgeton
Byrnes Mill
Cabool
California
Canton
Cape Girardeau
Carl Junction
Carthage
Cassville
Centertown
Chamois
Charlack
Chillicothe
Claycomo
Clayton
Collins
Columbia
Cool Valley
Crestwood
Crystal City
Des Peres
Desloge
DeSoto
Doniphan
Edmundson
Eldon
Eldorado Springs
Ellsinore
Elsberry
Everton
Fair Grove
Farmington
Fayette
Ferguson
Festus
Flint Hill
Freeman
Fremont Hills
Frontenac
Garden City
Gerald
Glasgow
Granby
Grandin
Grant City
Green City
Greendale
Half Way
Hartville
Hawk Point
Higginsville
Hollister
Holts Summit
Houston
Ironton
Jane
Jefferson City
Joplin
Kingdom City
Kirkwood
Koshkonong
Ladue
Laurie
Leadington
Liberal
Licking
Loma Linda
Manchester
Maplewood
Marble Hill
Marceline
Marlborough Village
Marshfield
Marthasville
Merriam Woods Village
Meta
Moberly
Monett
Montgomery City
Moscow Mills
Mount Vernon
Naylor
Neosho
New Haven
New Madrid
New Melle
Nixa
Noel
Norborne
Northwoods
Oakland
Overland
Owensville
Ozark
Palmyra
Paris
Pattonsburg
Peculiar
Pevely
Platte Woods
Poplar Bluff
Purdy
Qulin
Reeds Spring
Richmond Heights
Riverside
Rock Hill
Rockaway Beach
Savannah
Sedalia
Seligman
Shelbina
Shrewsbury
Skidmore
Smithton
Smithville
Springfield
St Ann
St Elizabeth
St Mary
St Peters
Ste Genevieve
Stockton
Sugar Creek
Taos
Thayer
Town & Country
Trenton
Twin Oaks
University City
Urich
Vandalia
Velda
Walnut Grove
Warson Woods
Washburn
Waynesville
Webster Groves
West Plains
Willard
Willow Springs

The following counties are not participating and are still collecting county sales taxes, according to Missouri’s website:

Audrain
Barry
Benton
Bollinger
Boone
Callaway
Camden
Carroll
Cedar
Christian
Clinton
Cole
Cooper
Dade
Dallas
Greene
Grundy
Henry
Howard
Iron
Jasper
Lawrence
Linn
Livingston
Mercer
Moniteau
Morgan
Newton
Oregon
Osage
Ozark
Phelps
Pike
Polk
Pulaski
Putnam
Ray
Reynolds
Saline
Shelby
St. Charles
St. Francois
Ste Genevieve
Stoddard
Stone
Taney
Texas
Webster
Wright

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Missouri Tax-Free Weekend 2021: Dates, Times & What Qualifies

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