Louisiana offers two sales tax holidays -- one for hurricane preparedness and one for back-to-school shoppers. A Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday took place May 30-31, 2009.
Neighboring states Mississippi and Texas do have set dates for their sales tax holidays.
Louisiana Sales Tax Holiday Dates
August 7-8, 2009Items Exempt from Louisiana Sales Tax
For 2009, Louisiana allowed tax exempt purchases for "tangible personal property for non-business use" up to $2,500 per item. The tax exemption applied to purchases made during the sales tax weekend if:- Possession of the item is taken immediately
- The purchase is put in layaway
- The purchase is already in layaway but paid off during the tax free weekend
- The purchase is made during the tax free weekend but the store couldn't deliver the item immediately
More States With Sales Tax Holidays
- Alabama
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington, D.C.
- West Virginia
