Arkansas 2026 Sales Tax Holiday

Beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday August 1, 2026, and ending at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday August 2, 2026, the State of Arkansas will maintain its gross sales tax vacation permitting consumers the chance to buy sure Electronic Devices, School Supplies, School Art Supplies, School Instructional Materials, and Clothing freed from state and native gross sales or use tax.

All retailers are required to take part and will not cost tax on gadgets which can be legally tax-exempt throughout the Sales Tax Holiday.

The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration website has a hyperlink to more information about the Sales Tax Holiday. It additionally features a hyperlink to the gadgets that will probably be exempt from gross sales tax throughout the occasion, however the hyperlink didn’t work. The Instructions to Retailers does have a variety of info together with the kinds of gadgets which can be exempt from gross sales tax throughout the Sales Tax Holiday.

Arkansas’s Tax Free Weekend, not like Oklahoma’s, contains faculty provides. Here is a partial listing:

“Electronic Device” is an digital merchandise generally utilized by a pupil in a course of research. The following is an inventory of digital gadgets eligible for the vacation exemption.
Examples embody:
Calculator Desktop Computer
Cellular Phone E-Reader
Computer Mouse Laptop Computer
Computer Monitor Printer
Computer Keyboard Tablet

“School Supply” is an merchandise generally utilized by a pupil in a course of research. The following is an inventory of faculty provides eligible for the vacation exemption. If an merchandise isn’t on the itemizing, it stays taxable throughout
the gross sales tax vacation interval.
Binders Book luggage
Cellophane tape
Blackboard chalk
Compasses
Composition books
Crayons
Erasers
Folders; expandable, pocket,
plastic, and manila
Glue, paste, and paste sticks
Highlighters
Index playing cards
Index card bins
Legal pads
Lunch bins
Markers
Notebooks
Paper; free leaf dominated pocket book
paper, copy paper, graph
paper, tracing paper, manila
paper, coloured paper, poster
board, and development paper
Pencil bins and different faculty
provide bins
Pencil sharpeners
Pencils Pens
Protractors
Rulers
Scissors
Writing tablets

“School Art Supply” is an merchandise generally utilized by a pupil in a course of research for paintings. The following is an inventory of faculty artwork provides eligible for the vacation exemption. If an merchandise isn’t on the itemizing, it stays taxable throughout the gross sales tax vacation interval.
Clay and glazes
Paints- acrylic, tempora, and oil
Paintbrushes for paintings
Sketch and drawing pads
Watercolors

“School Instructional Material” is written materials generally utilized by a pupil in a course of research as a reference and to study the topic being  taught. The following is an inventory of faculty tutorial supplies eligible for the vacation exemption. If an merchandise isn’t on the itemizing, it stays taxable  throughout the gross sales tax vacation interval.
Reference books
Reference maps and globes
Textbooks
Workbooks