Mississippi Tax-Free Weekend 2025
Just in time for Prime Day, Mississippi celebrated a tax holiday in July. Find out what back-to-school essentials were included.


Updated: The Mississippi 2025 back-to-school sales tax-free weekend has ended.
It was time once again for Mississippi residents to save some cash: The state’s annual back-to-school tax holiday was July 11 through July 13, 2025. Savvy shoppers could buy clothing, school supplies, and other qualifying items while forgoing the state’s 7% sales tax rate during the holiday.
And this year, there was an added incentive to start shopping — Amazon Prime Day overlapped with Mississippi’s sales tax-free weekend.

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Read on for what was included in the Mississippi tax holiday for 2025.
When was the Mississippi tax-free weekend?
Mississippi celebrated its 17th annual back-to-school tax holiday from Friday, July 11th, through Sunday, July 13th.
During this time, many school supplies and articles of clothing were exempt from Mississippi’s 7% sales tax rate. This meant that, for every $100 you spent, you saved roughly $7 in state taxes on eligible items.
What did the Mississippi tax-free weekend include?
The sales tax holiday included many back-to-school items, like clothing and supplies, under a specific dollar amount. Qualifying purchases of $100 (per item) were exempt from Mississippi state taxes during the holiday.
Here is a sample list of eligible items included in the Mississippi back-to-school tax-free weekend:
- Backpacks, book bags, and lunch boxes.
- Writing tablets and calculators.
- Textbooks, notebooks, pencils, and pens.
- Shirts, shorts, jeans, and pants.
- Most shoes, dresses, jackets, and sweaters.
- Work clothes, workout clothes, and gym uniforms.
- Scout uniforms and children’s novelty costumes (for a school play, Halloween dress up, etc.).
What wasn't included in the Mississippi tax-free weekend 2025?
While many eligible items were included in the upcoming state tax holiday in Mississippi, several were excluded.
Here are a few items you could not buy state tax-free during the 2025 Mississippi tax-free weekend:
- Most electronics, including computers, printers, and phones.
- Makeup and hair accessories, like headbands, bows, and clips.
- Belt buckles, jewelry, and watches.
- Briefcases, luggage, wallets, and purses.
- Diapers and baby bibs.
- Sports equipment like helmets, sports pads, shin guards, and cleats.
- Items used for creating clothes, including cloth, lace, knitting yarns, fabrics, thread, buttons, etc.
For a full list of eligible and ineligible items, see the state’s Department of Revenue website.
When did Amazon Prime Day end in Mississippi?
Online purchases may have qualified for Mississippi’s sales tax holiday weekend but generally must have been shipped to a Mississippi address to qualify. Additionally, the purchases must have been made during the tax-free period (July 11th through July 13th).
Online retailers like Amazon honor state sales tax holidays. However, the retailer explains on its website that "tax may still be calculated on items if they do not qualify, which can include items over a certain threshold, bundles, or specific items that are not included in the holiday."
Amazon Prime Day 2025 ended on July 11th. This left one day of overlap for Mississippi customers who shopped the state sales tax holiday to buy Amazon Prime Day deals.
*Note: Shipping and handling charges were not included in the $100 threshold.
2025 Back-to-school sales and deals
Store sales and discounts may have been eligible for the tax-free weekend in Mississippi, but there were strict rules governing which items were eligible.
For instance, the following circumstances would not allow you to purchase items state sales tax free during the Mississippi tax holiday:
- “Buy one, get one” sales — you could not average two items together to qualify for the $100 total. For instance, if you bought one item for $110 and another item for half off, at $55, sales tax was still due on the first item.
- Manufacturers’ coupons that reduced an item’s price below the $100 limit didn't qualify for the sales tax holiday.
- Items put on layaway couldn't be purchased exempt from state taxes during the Mississippi tax holiday weekend.
However, other sales and store discounts may have been eligible for tax-exempt status. For instance, if you purchased an item at 50% off for $60, that purchase would have been exempt from state taxes.
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Kate is a CPA with experience in audit and technology. As a Tax Writer at Kiplinger, Kate believes that tax and finance news should meet people where they are today, across cultural, educational, and disciplinary backgrounds.
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