LAPLACE – In preparation for the coming hurricane season, there will be a sales tax
holiday this weekend beginning Saturday, May 25.
The tax holiday will last throughout the weekend, ending Sunday, May 26, at 11:59 p.m.
Louisiana Revised Statute 47:305.58 provides for an annual state sales tax holiday on sales of hurricane-preparedness items or supplies. During the two-day annual holiday, tax-free purchases are authorized on the first $1,500 of the sales price of each of the following items: portable self-powered light sources; portable self-powered radios, two-way radios or weather band radios; tarpaulins or other flexible waterproof sheeting; any ground anchor system or tie-down kit; any gas or diesel fuel tank; any package of AAA-cell, AA-cell, C-cell, D-cell, 6-volt or 9-volt batteries, excluding automobile and boat batteries; any cellular phone battery and any cellular phone charger; any non-electric food storage cooler; any portable generator used to provide light or communications or preserve food in the event of a power outage; any storm shutter device; any carbon monoxide
detector; and any blue ice product.
The tax holiday only applies to state sales tax. Some parishes may also waive local sales tax.