It is every buyer weekend of the year tax free weekend is begin this Saturday Aug 10 in Massachusetts.
This year the sales tax holiday will take place on Saturday Aug 10 and Sunday Aug 11.
These couple of days retail things under $2,500 bought for personal use will be exempt from Massachusetts state sales tax. The sales tax in Massachusetts is 6.25%.
What is included in tax free weekend in Massachusetts?
Massachusetts tax free weekend includes retail items of up to $2,500 there are few exceptions.
MA tax free weekend extra things to know
- Cancelling a before purchase and re booking the purchase during the holiday is not permitted if there was a deposit, pre payment or promise to pay.
- Layaway sales do not qualify for sales tax holiday.
- Rentals of up to 30 days qualify if rental is paid in full during the holiday barring motorboats or vehicles.
- Items purchase throughout the tax free weekend can be arrange for delivery after the holiday ends.
- If you exchange or return an item after sales tax holiday you will not be subject to sales tax on date of exchange.
What items are excluded from Massachusetts tax free weekend?
The most vital things to remember is that sales tax exemption only applies to personal buying.
Items bought by or for a business are taxable.
There are few exemptions with personal purchase. According to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue website the following retail things are excluded from the sales tax holiday.
- Motor vehicles
- Meals
- Gas
- Steam
- Electricity
- Tobacco products
- Alcoholic beverages
- Any single item more than $2,500
- Any single clothing item more than $175
- Marijuana and other products
For items that exceed $2,500 the whole amount of purchase will be taxable.
For clothing items more than $175 the extra amount is subject to tax.
All MA businesses open Aug 10 and 11 that make taxable sales are required to take part in sales tax holiday.
If any retailer does charge sales tax the individual business responsible to give a refund.
Does Massachusetts tax free weekend work online?
You can take benefit from the tax free weekend online. No sale tax will be due on buying of eligible things made on internet during the hours of the holiday.
On tax free holiday in the Eastern Standard Time Zone even if delivery of those items happens once the holiday has passed.
Your Amazon purchase will be eligible for the Massachusetts tax free weekend.
Despite inflation which has been mega in latest years that cap on maximum price has not changed since the state very first sales tax holiday 19 years before.
According to inflation calculator amount in 2004 would be equal to more than $4000 today.
The tax break applies only to items purchase for personal use and can not be applied to purchases made by or for businesses.
The Massachusetts sales tax holiday went from tradition to legal requirement with passage of a law in 2018.