Ohio Announces Two-Week Sales Tax Holiday in August 2025 for Most Items Under $500

• Ohio’s 2025 Sales Tax Holiday runs from August 1 to August 14.
• Most tangible personal property priced at $500 or less is tax-free.
• Exclusions include watercraft, motor vehicles, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, vapor products, and items with marijuana.
• Tax-exempt items include electronics, clothing, books, home goods, plants, sporting goods, and certain food and beverages.
• The Ohio Department of Taxation offers assistance to businesses for understanding and applying the sales tax holiday rules.
• Sales of exempt and taxable items must be itemized to apply the exemption.
• Items normally sold as a unit must remain as a unit for exemption.
• Online sales qualify if ordered and paid for during the exemption period.
• Shipping charges are not taxable if all items are exempt; otherwise, they must be allocated.
• Exchanges of eligible items for the same item after the holiday remain tax-free.

Source: tax.ohio.gov

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The Ohio Department of Taxation recently announced the 2025 dates for Ohio’s All-Inclusive Sales Tax Holiday. The holiday period for the 2025 season will occur August 1-14, 2025.

Further information concerning the holiday may be found here.

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