This weekend, August 8-10, 2014, Texas shoppers have the great opportunity to purchase (tax free!) many of the items that we shop for regularly, giving families a much-needed break when buying school supplies and clothes in preparation for the upcoming school year.

Below is a comprehensive list of items that are eligible for being purchased tax free. 

Tax Free items include:

• Baby clothes
• Binders
• Backpacks for use by elementary and secondary students
• Coats and wraps
• Calculators
• Crayons
• Diapers
• Dresses
• Erasers
• Folders
• Glue
• Highlighters
• Index cards
• Jackets
• Jeans
• Lunch boxes
• Markers
• Notebooks
• Pajamas
• Paper
• Pants and trousers
• Pencil sharpeners
• Pencils
• Pens
• Protractors
• Rulers
• Scissors
• Shirts
• Swimsuits
• Underclothes
• Writing tablets