FENTON IS "IN" FOR BACK TO SCHOOL TAX FREE WEEKEND: AUG 2-4

Fenton has opted in again for this year's tax-free event! Stay local and shop in Fenton - why fight the crowds going anywhere else??? State of Missouri, St. Louis County & City of Fenton sales taxes will be waived on eligible "back to school" items!

Purchases of clothing, school supplies, computers, and certain other items defined by the statute are exempt from sales tax for this time period only. Only purchases for personal use qualify. Internet purchases qualify for the sales tax holiday if the transaction is completed during the holiday. Delivery can occur after the holiday if the purchaser pays in full during the sales tax holiday.

The statute exempts and specifically defines clothing, personal computers, and school supplies as follows:

1. Clothing - any article of wearing apparel intended to be worn on or about the human body including, but not limited to, disposable diapers for infants or adults and footwear. The term shall include, but not be limited to, cloth and other material used to make school uniforms or other school clothing. Items normally sold in pairs shall not be separated to qualify for the exemption. The term shall not include watches, watchbands, jewelry, handbags, handkerchiefs, umbrellas, scarves, ties, headbands, or belt buckles. Each article of clothing must have a taxable value of $100 or less.
2. Personal Computers - a laptop, desktop, or tower computer system which consists of a central processing unit, random access memory, a storage drive, a display monitor, a keyboard, and devices designed for use in conjunction with a personal computer, such as a disk drive, memory module, compact disk drive, daughterboard, digitalizer, microphone, modem, motherboard, mouse, multimedia speaker, printer, scanner, single-user hardware, single-user operating system, soundcard, or video card. Personal computers and computer peripheral devices cannot exceed $1,500.
3. School Supplies - any item normally used by students in a standard classroom for educational purposes, including but not limited to, textbooks, notebooks, paper, writing instruments, crayons, art supplies, rulers, book bags, back packs, handheld calculators, graphing calculators, chalk, maps, and globes. The term shall not include watches, radios, CD players, headphones, sporting equipment, portable or desktop telephones, copiers or other office equipment, furniture, or fixtures. The value of each school supply purchase is not to exceed $50.  In addition, school supplies shall also include graphing calculators valued at $150 or less and computer software having a taxable value of $350 or less.

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All Tax-Free Weekend "rules" apply:

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