A permanent statewide sales tax exemption in Florida will apply to emergency items such as flashlights, portable generators ...

Florida's new, permanent sales tax exemptions on specific hurricane supplies won't go into effect until Aug. 1, 2025.

Florida's proposed 2026 budget axes its disaster preparedness sales tax holiday and permanently expands back-to-school ...

Hurricane preparedness items like batteries, portable generators and tarps are permanently exempt from state sales tax.

Permanently tax-free items include equipment needed for power outages like portable generators, gas cans under 5 gallons and ...

Fox 4's Austin Schargorodski reports on Florida's new law making disaster prep supplies tax free year-round and how a local ...

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Floridians typically benefit from a number of tax-free holidays that include the start of the hurricane and back-to-school seasons. In recent years, DeSantis has also approved special summer tax ...

Florida’s 2025 budget replaces two hurricane tax holidays with year-round tax-free items for disaster supplies. Learn about the changes and what’s included.

Florida’s permanent sales tax exemption on essential hurricane supplies took effect July 1, just one month into what forecasters predict will be a busy storm season.

Now, that tax break on essential items will be offered year-round. The year-round tax break on hurricane supplies was passed as part of Florida’s fiscal 2025-2026 budget, signed Monday by Gov ...

Florida will not hold a sales tax holiday for hurricane supplies this year, but some supplies will now be permanently sales tax free.