Virginia Tax Free Holiday
By Sarah Stelmok
From http://sarahiouslyspeaking.com
• Aug 4th, 2010
• Category: Blog Entries.Local, Events, RealEstate.Local
It’s here again. It’s Virginia’s tax free holiday for school supplies and clothing. The holiday runs from Friday, August 6 – Sunday, August 8, 2010. Each eligible school item must be priced at $20 or less and each clothing and footwear item must be priced at $100 or less.
Eligible School Supplies: 
Binder pockets
Binders
Blackboard Chalk
Book bags
Calculators
Cellophane tape
Clay and glazes
Compasses
Composition books
Crayons
Dictionaries and thesauruses
Dividers
Erasers (including dry erase marker erasers and dry erase marker cleaning solutions)
Folders; expandable, pocket, plastic, and manila
Glue, paste, and paste sticks
Highlighters
Index cards
Index card boxes
Legal pads
Lunch boxes
Markers (including dry erase markers and dry erase marker kits)
Musical instruments, musical instrument accessories, and replacement items for musical instruments
Notebooks
Paintbrushes for artwork
Paints (acrylic, tempera, and oil)
Paper; loose leaf ruled notebook paper, copy paper, graph paper, tracing paper, manila paper, colored paper, poster board and construction paper
Pencil boxes and other school supply boxes
Pencil sharpeners
Pencils
Pens
Protractors
Reference books
Reference maps and globes
Rulers
Scissors
Sheet music
Sketch and drawing pads
Textbooks
Watercolors
Workbooks; and
Writing Tablets
This is an all inclusive list. Computers are not eligible, however, some retailers may choose to pay the taxes for consumers who purchase this type of item.
Eligible Clothing Items:
Aprons, household and shop
Athletic supporters
Baby bibs and clothes
Baby receiving blankets
Bandanas
Bathing suits, swim trunks, cover-ups and bathing caps
Beach capes and coats
Belts and suspenders
Bibs
Boots
Choir and altar clothing
Clerical vestments
Coats, jackets, and windbreakers
Corsets and corset laces
Costumes (sold not rented)
Coveralls
Diapers, children and adult, including disposable diapers
Dresses
Ear muffs
Footlets
Formal wear for men and women (sold, not rented)
Fur coats and stoles, shawls and wraps
Garters and garter belts
Girdles
Gloves and mittens for general use
Golf clothing, caps, dresses, shirts, skirts, pants
Gym suits and uniforms
Hats and caps
Hosiery
Insoles, inserts for shoes
Jeans
Jerseys (both athletic and non-athletic)
Lab coats
Legwarmers
Leotards and tights
Lingerie
Neckwear, including bow ties, neckties, and scarves
Nightgowns
Overshoes and rubber shoes
Pajamas
Pantyhose
Raincoats, rain hats, and ponchos
Robes
Rubber pants
Rubber thong/flip-flops
Sandals
Scarves
Shirts and blouses
Shoes and shoe laces
Shorts
Skirts
Slacks
Slippers
Slips
Sneakers
Socks and stockings, including athletic socks
Steel toed shoes
Suits
Suspenders
Underwear
Uniforms, athletic and non-athletic
Vests
Wedding apparel, including veils (sold not rented)
This list is not all inclusive.
If you would like more information on the 2010 Virginia Tax Free Holiday for school supplies and clothing, please click here.
