- The Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday is a temporary period when sales taxes are not collected on specific products.
- The 2025 Mississippi Second Amendment Weekend Holiday is from Friday, August 29, 2025, to Sunday, August 31, 2025.
- Sales tax is not due on firearms, ammunition, and certain hunting supplies during the holiday.
- Hunting supplies include archery equipment, firearm and archery cases, accessories, hearing protection, holsters, belts, and slings.
- General hunting supplies and animals used for hunting are not exempt.
- The holiday applies to consumer purchases of firearms, ammunition, and hunting supplies statewide.
- Non-eligible items in bundled transactions must be itemized and taxed separately.
- Layaway sales of eligible items do not qualify for the holiday.
- Mail-order, telephone, and internet sales are tax-exempt if ordered and paid for during the holiday with immediate shipment.
- Refunds and exchanges: Sales tax applies to new items purchased with credit from returned eligible items after the holiday.
- Exchanges for the same item in a different size or color after the holiday are not taxed.
Source: dor.ms.gov
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