JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – There are changes coming to Mississippi’s Sales Tax Holiday.

Senate Bill 2470 extended the Sales Tax Holiday from two days to three days, removing sales tax on school supplies, individual items of clothing and foot apparel costing less than $100 each.

The bill also set the date of the holiday to the second weekend of July. This year, the Sales Tax Holiday will be July 12-14, 2024.

“Now that many schools in Mississippi have gone to a modified calendar, this will allow many shoppers to get their school supplies before school actually starts,” said State Senator Walter Michel (R-District 25), the author of the bill.

Sales of eligible items that were placed or ordered by mail, telephone, or the internet are not subject to sales tax if the purchaser orders and pays for the items during the Sales Tax Holiday and the items are less than the $100 threshold.

Shipping and handling charges are not to be included as part of the sales price of eligible items in determining whether items exceed the $100 threshold.

If an eligible item was purchased during the Sales Tax Holiday and returned after the holiday for credit on the purchase of a different item, sales tax is applied to the sale of the newly purchased item.

Click here for the list of eligible and non-eligible items.