You can get a break from paying sales tax in Maryland and Virginia on many qualifying purchases, just in time for back-to-school shopping.
Virginia tax-free days in 2025
From Friday, Aug. 1 through Sunday, Aug. 3, Virginia will give shoppers a break from paying sales tax on qualifying school supplies, clothing, footwear, hurricane and emergency preparedness items, and Energy Star and WaterSense products.
That includes qualifying school supplies costing $20 or less per item and qualifying clothing and footwear costing $100 or less per item. See details on what qualifies online here.
Qualifying hurricane and emergency preparedness products including portable generators (costing $1,000 or less per item), gas-powered chainsaws (costing $350 or less per item), chainsaw accessories (costing $60 or less per item) and other specified hurricane preparedness items (costing $60 or less per item)…