2024 Florida Hurricane Tax Free Holiday List
HAMMOND, LA - SEPTEMBER 2: Scandar Myles (L) and Kendrick Cook start a generator after Hurricane Ida on September 2, 2021 in Hammond, Louisiana. The storm made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane Sunday in Louisiana and brought flooding, wind damage and power outages along the Gulf Coast. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
The hurricane tax free holiday is coming soon. As hurricane season approaches, it’s good to know Florida’s Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday is coming soon. Which essential items are on the list as tax free during this period?
The dates of Florida’s first Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday of 2024 are June 1 through June 14. There’s a second tax holiday for the same items coming from August 24 through September 6.
During the hurricane tax free holiday, tax is not due on retail sale of these eligible items:
- $20 or less: reusable ice packs
- $40 or less: self-powered lights, candles, and flashlights
- $50 or less: portable, weather and two-way radios, gas or diesel fuel containers (including LP gas and kerosene containers), batteries (including rechargeable batteries) – AAA, AA, C, D, 6-vold and 9-volt. Excluded are automobile and boat batteries.
- $60 or less: coolers (non-electric), power banks
- $70 or less: smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, fire extinguishers
- $100 or less: bungee cords, ground anchor systems, ratchet straps, tarps, tie-down kits, visqueen, plastic sheeting, plastic drop clothes and other waterproof sheeting
- $3,000 or less: portable generators used for light or communication or to preserve food
- There is NO limit on the number of qualifying items you can purchase.
- Rental or repair of any of the items above is NOT part of the sales tax holiday.
The Hurricane Tax Free Holiday Does Not Apply To:
- Commercial purchases of eligible pet evacuation supplies, sales within a theme park, entertainment complex, public lodging establishment or airport or the rental of any of the eligible items listed.
![Portable generators are among the items listed for the hurricane tax free holiday](https://wild941.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/81/2024/05/GettyImages-2501284.jpg?w=594)
Eligible Pet Evacuation Supplies for the hurricane tax free holiday:
- Sales Price of $10 or less per can or pouch (or the equivalent if sold in a box or case): Wet cat or dog food
- Sales Price of $15 or less per item or package: Cat litter pans, collapsible or travel-size food or water bowls, hamster or rabbit substrate, manual can openers, pet waste disposal bags
- Sales Price of $20 or less per item or package: Collars, muzzles, leashes, pet pads
- Sales Price of $25 or less per item: Cat litter weighing 25lbs. or less
- Sales Price of $40 or less per item: Pet beds
- Sales price of $100 or less per item: Bags of dry cat or dog food weighing 50 lbs. or less, pet carriers, portable kennels, over-the-counter pet medications
Still have questions? Here’s some more tips from the Florida Department of Revenue’s website.
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