Believe it or not, we are less than a month away from kids returning to school for the 2026-27 academic year.

And to help get everyone ready, Alabama is holding its annual tax-free weekend from July 17-19.

Keep reading for everything you need to know before hitting the stores this weekend.

What items are eligible for tax-free weekend?

Some cities are still allowed to tax items but state taxes will be waived on many items throughout the weekend. Here’s what the list includes:

Clothing (Under $156 per item)
- Belts
- Diapers
- Dresses
- Hats
- Jackets
- Neckties
- Pants
- School Uniforms
- Shirts
- Shoes
- Shorts
- Socks
- Underwear
School supplies (under $78 per item)
- Binders + folders
- Book bags
- Calculators
- Compasses
- Crayons
- Erasers
- Glue, paste and paste sticks
- Highlighters
- Index cards
- Lunch boxes
- Markers
- Notebooks
- Protractors
- Paper
- Pencil boxes
- Pens + pencils
- Required textbooks on an official schoolbook list with a sales price of $47-78
- Rulers
- Scissors
Computers + software
- Computer storage media
- Handheld electronic schedulers
- Personal digital assistants
- Computer printers
- Printer supplies for computers