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Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday

In 2006, a sales tax holiday was enacted pursuant to §40-23-210 to §40-23-213, Code of Ala. 1975, whereby no state sales or use tax is due on covered items as defined in the law and in the Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday Rule 810-6-3-.65. The sales tax holiday begins the third full weekend of July, starting at 12:01 a.m. on the third Friday in July and ends at midnight the following Sunday. A county or municipality, by resolution or ordinance adopted at least 90 days prior to the third full weekend of July, may provide for the exemption of covered items from county or municipal sales or use taxes during the same time period, under the same terms, conditions, and definitions as provided for the state sales tax holiday.

Listed below are the counties and municipalities that have notified ALDOR of their decision to participate or not participate in the Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday. The list is in alphabetical order and will be updated as information becomes available. Localities that do not levy a sales tax are not listed.

Participants in the Alabama 2026 Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday

UPDATED: JANUARY 09, 2026

LocalityCodeDate Notification ReceivedParticipatingResolutionEffective Period
Abbeville935606/05/2017YesRes 06-17-BEach Year
Adamsville9130
Addison9309
Akron966804/05/2023YesRes 2023-01 Each Year 
Alabaster941305/08/2017YesOrd 170508-043Each Year
Albertville939705/15/2017YesRes 1525-17Each Year
Alexander City935804/17/2017YesOrd 2017-08Each Year
Aliceville9301
Allgood9709    
Altoona9709    
Andalusia9631
Anderson9479 
Anniston931104/08/2021YesRes 21-R-24Each Year
Arab944805/01/2017YesOrd 2017-2Each Year
Ardmore963405/08/2017YesRes 05-08-17Each Year
Argo972905/31/2022Yes Ord 2022-05-25Each Year
Ariton960204/18/2023Yes Ord 4112011 Each Year 
Arley964205/01/2017YesRes 2017-01Each Year
Ashford934206/27/2017YesOrd 2017-004Each Year
Ashland935104/26/2023YesOrd 2022-04-18-01 Each Year 
Ashville932506/05/2017YesOrd 2017-004Each Year
Athens9664
Atmore938606/10/2020YesRes 2020-11Each Year
Attalla940606/18/2025 Yes Res 6903-25 Each Year 
Auburn9388
Autauga County700105/16/2017YesRes 2017-27Each Year
Autaugaville9679    
Bakerhill975211/17/2025No 2026
Baldwin County7002
Banks910912/01/2025No 2026
Barbour County700312/09/2025YesRes 2026-042026
Bay Minette935405/08/2023YesOrd 1031Each Year
Bayou La Batre943904/27/2017YesRes 2017-004Each Year
Bear Creek964306/19/2017YesOrd 2017-01Each Year
Beatrice911005/01/2017YesOrd 2017-004Each Year
Beaverton9756 
Belk9711    
Berry930506/05/2017YesRes 2017-02Each Year
Bessemer933604/18/2017YesOrd 3559Each Year
Bibb County700405/08/2017YesRes 2017-15Each Year
Billingsley9111
Birmingham913706/13/2017YesOrd 17-68Each Year
Black9748  
Blount County7005
Blountsville9636    
Blue Springs9731 
Boaz938405/19/2017YesRes 2017-1439Each Year
Boligee9707    
Bon Air918311/17/2025No2026
Brantley9657  
Brent968501/06/2026YesRes2026
Brewton9306
Bridgeport9411    
Brighton9474    
Brilliant9147    
Brookside9708 
Brookwood9697
Brundidge967605/05/2017YesOrd 2017-01Each Year
Bullock County700605/08/2017YesRes 2017-7Each Year
Butler941704/11/2017YesRes 349Each Year
Butler County700705/17/2017YesResEach Year
Calera9473
Calhoun County7008, 7108, 7208, 7308, 740804/27/2017YesResEach Year
Camden9482
Camp Hill9302    
Carbon Hill943606/17/2024YesOrd 2024-03Each Year
Cardiff9112    
Carrollton932904/06/2018YesRes 2018Each Year
Castleberry9674    
Cedar Bluff963005/08/2017YesOrd 2017-01Each Year
Center Point977205/31/2018YesOrd 2018-4Each Year
Centre962604/25/2017YesRes 17-04-25Each Year
Centreville9681
Chambers County7009, 7109, 7209, 7309, 7409, 7609, 7070, 7170
Chatom9312    
Chelsea915804/20/2017YesOrd 2017-04-20-740Each Year
Cherokee Ridge9190 05/15/2024YesOrd 2024-0027Each Year
Cherokee939906/06/2017YesRes 2007-100Each Year
Cherokee County701004/24/2017YesResEach Year
Chickasaw943704/11/2017YesOrd 2017-09Each Year
Childersburg962704/18/2017YesRes 2017-07Each Year
Chilton County7011
Choctaw County701205/02/2017YesResEach Year
Citronelle932705/11/2017YesOrd. 1314Each Year
Clanton941604/22/2024YesOrd 2024-06Each Year
Clarke County701305/09/2017YesResEach Year
Clay976706/13/2017YesRes 2017-17Each Year
Clay County7014 
Clayhatchee9614    
Clayton961505/18/2023YesOrd 2023-03Each Year
Cleburne County701506/02/2017YesRes 4797Each Year
Cleveland949605/11/2017YesOrd 2017-2Each Year
Clio944305/09/2017YesOrd 2017-01Each Year
Coaling9106    
Coffee County701604/10/2007YesResEach Year
Coffee Springs9498   
Coffeeville9113
Coker976005/26/2022Yes Ord 2022-1 Each Year
Colbert County701705/19/2017YesResEach Year
Collinsville943404/17/2018YesOrd 2018-01Each Year
Columbia9459
Columbiana936805/19/2017YesOrd 051701Each Year
Conecuh County701805/14/2019YesRes 05142019Each Year
Coosa County7019
Coosada9698    
Cordova9164    
Cottonwood9422    
County Line9167 
Courtland9635    
Covington County702004/25/2017YesRes 17-04-25-01Each Year
Cowarts9730
Crenshaw County702112/08/2025YesRes2026
Creola973707/11/2018YesRes 2018-018Each Year
Crossville966905/01/2017YesOrd 2017-05-01Each Year
Cuba9712
Cullman917002/22/2024YesOrd 2024-14Each Year
Cullman County7022, 712205/23/2017YesRes 2017-27Each Year
Cusseta9713 
Dadeville9300
Dale County702304/25/2017YesRes 04 25 2017 1Each Year
Daleville934305/16/2017YesOrd 05-02-17Each Year
Dallas County702404/24/2017YesResEach Year
Daphne962305/01/2017YesRes 2017-26Each Year
Dauphin Island972101/09/2026YesRes 202601052026
Daviston9494 
Deatsville9755  
Decatur915205/15/2017YesOrd 17-4292Each Year
DeKalb County7025
Demopolis968304/20/2017YesOrd 2017-03Each Year
Detroit9757    
Dodge City9143
Dora9346
Dothan965305/16/2017YesOrd 2017-160Each Year
Double Springs9200
Douglas964606/01/2017YesOrd 93Each Year
Dozier9722    
Dutton9460 
East Brewton9308
Eclectic9395
Edwardsville9103    
Elba938504/24/2017YesRes 04242017Each Year
Elberta965005/16/2017YesRes 2017-03Each Year
Eldridge945711/22/2025YesOrd 472026
Elkmont965404/17/2017YesRes 2017-01Each Year
Elmore9116
Elmore County7026, 772604/27/2017YesResEach Year
Emelle9692    
Enterprise9321
Escambia County7027, 7127, 7227, 7727
Ethelsville9154    
Etowah County702805/02/2017YesResEach Year
Eufaula9304
Eutaw936211/26/2025YesRes 2025-262026
Eva910405/14/2025YesRes 25-01Each Year
Evergreen9432 
Excel963311/13/2025No 2026
Fairfield9132 
Fairhope911705/08/2017YesOrd 1594Each Year
Fairview913605/02/2017YesOrd 27Each Year
Falkville9611, 951105/02/2017YesOrd 2017-06Each Year
Faunsdale9425 
Fayette948804/25/2017YesRes 2017-03Each Year
Fayette County702904/11/2022Yes Res 20220411 Each Year 
Five Points9771    
Flomaton9723 
Florala962405/08/2025YesRes 20240812-3Each Year
Florence945505/16/2017YesOrd 2017-09Each Year
Foley949205/01/2017YesOrd 17-2020-ORDEach Year
Forkland9601    
Fort Deposit938205/08/2017YesOrd 2017-05-08Each Year
Fort Payne935004/18/2017YesOrd 2017-05Each Year
Franklin9667 
Franklin County703005/17/2017YesResEach Year
Frisco City9394    
Fruithurst917406/14/2023Yes Ord 608 2023 Each Year 
Fulton970406/24/2019YesRes 535Each Year
Fultondale941805/16/2022Yes Res 2218Each Year
Fyffe944105/08/2017YesOrd 2017-05-08Each Year
Gadsden969605/02/2017YesOrd O-10-17Each Year
Gainesville9777  
Gantt974112/02/2025No 2026
Garden City911803/19/2019YesRes 2019-397Each Year
Gardendale9360
Gaylesville9734    
Geiger9699    
Geneva930305/15/2017YesOrd 06-2007-02AEach Year
Geneva County703104/16/2018LimitedResEach Year
Georgiana935305/15/2017YesOrd 2017-03Each Year
Geraldine931805/08/2017YesRes 2017-05-08-AEach Year
Gilbertown943806/12/2017YesOrd 36Each Year
Glen Allen9165 
Glencoe940204/11/2017YesRes 17-005Each Year
Glenwood9733  
Good Hope9115
Goodwater937705/11/2017YesRes 2017-02Each Year
Gordo9393    
Gordon9613  
Gordonville9740    
Goshen9476 
Grant939805/15/2017YesOrd 257Each Year
Graysville913306/01/2017YesOrd 920Each Year
Greene County7032    
Greensboro9483
Greenville943506/12/2017YesRes 2017-19Each Year
Grimes9759    
Grove Hill967304/17/2017YesOrd A-252Each Year
Guin932406/18/2021YesOrd 292-2021Each Year
Gulf Shores942805/08/2017YesOrd 1839Each Year
Guntersville934406/24/2013YesOrd 1043Each Year
Gurley9480
Hackleburg934903/05/2018YesRes 001-2018Each Year
Hale County703304/25/2017YesResEach Year
Haleburg9768    
Haleyville900005/01/2017YesOrd 2017-03Each Year
Hamilton935904/17/2017YesOrd 2017-02Each Year
Hammondville9600   
Hanceville911905/17/2017YesOrd 612Each Year
Harpersville9645 
Hartford9481    
Hartselle930704/25/2017YesOrd 1463Each Year
Hayden965805/27/2025YesRes #2025-05-19-3Each Year
Hayneville9409
Headland940005/02/2017YesRes 1-2017Each Year
Heath9120 
Heflin931604/25/2017YesOrd 2017-04-11Each Year
Helena948904/24/2017YesRes 04242017Each Year
Henagar936904/27/2017YesRes 2017-0401Each Year
Henry County703405/09/2017YesResEach Year
Highland Lake9155    
Hillsboro9720    
Hobson City9687    
Hodges9612    
Hokes Bluff961705/09/2017YesResEach Year
Hollywood9465    
Homewood949104/30/2018YesOrd 2694Each Year
Hoover9424
Houston County703505/15/2018YesRes 2017-9Each Year
Hueytown937105/09/2017YesOrd 17-0425-2Each Year
Huntsville914506/30/2008YesOrd 08-556Each Year
Hurtsboro945104/11/2017YesRes 2017-11Each Year
Hytop9743 
Ider948504/10/2017YesRes 2017-06Each Year
Indian Springs Village912203/31/2021YesOrd 2021-004Each Year
Irondale9134
Jackson934004/03/2023Yes Ord 03-28-23 Each Year
Jackson County703605/22/2017YesRes 17-6Each Year
Jackson’s Gap9682 
Jacksonville9376
Jasper968005/02/2017YesOrd 2017-11Each Year
Jefferson County703706/20/2018LimitedResEach Year
Jemison9607    
Kansas9629  
Kellyton977406/01/2021YesRes 01-2021Each Year
Kennedy933211/20/2025No 2026
Killen939605/01/2017YesRes 2017-09Each Year
Kimberly9644    
Kinsey964711/12/2025No 2026
Kinston9366    
LaFayette946612/12/2025YesOrd 4912026
Lake View975405/06/2022YesOrd 11-04282022Each Year
Lakeview9778    
Lamar County703806/09/2025YesRes 06092025-A2026
Lanett9616
Langston9123 
Lauderdale County703905/08/2017YesResEach Year
Lawrence County704004/14/2017YesResEach Year
Lee County7041, 7141, 7241, 774104/24/2017YesResEach Year
Leeds940112/11/2025YesRes 2025-12-042026
Leesburg9725    
Leighton9471    
Level Plains944604/18/2017YesRes 285Each Year
Lexington9468
Limestone County704212/03/2025YesRes 1071-252026
Lincoln9403
Linden969506/06/2017YesRes 20170606Each Year
Lineville9352
Lipscomb9464    
Lisman9648
Littleville935504/19/2017YesOrd 2017-EEach Year
Livingston9415    
Loachapoka9124
Lockhart9742 
Locust Fork9726
Louisville9361  
Lowndes County7043    
Lowndesboro9770  
Loxley933012/03/2025YesOrd 2025-542026
Luverne965105/08/2017YesOrd 17-01Each Year
Lynn912511/15/2025No 2026
Macon County7044    
Madison966205/19/2021YesOrd 2021-130Each Year
Madison County7045, 774506/14/2017YesResEach Year
Madrid9176
Magnolia Springs9773
Malvern965606/06/2017YesRes 100-2017Each Year
Maplesville960905/23/2025YesRes 051225 Each Year
Marengo County704605/09/2017YesResEach Year
Margaret9672    
Marion9381
Marion County7047, 774706/11/2019YesResEach Year
Marshall County7048, 7748    
McIntosh9462    
McKenzie941904/30/2020YesOrd 2020-02Each Year
Mentone9655  
Midfield9375    
Midland City949906/18/2025YesOrd 2025-05Each Year
Midway912606/05/2017YesOrd 2017-001Each Year
Millbrook963805/09/2017YesOrd 17-01Each Year
Millport910004/24/2017YesOrd 2017-4Each Year
Millry9367 
Mobile914904/25/2017YesOrd 34-016Each Year
Mobile County7049 & 774904/25/2017YesResEach Year
Monroe County705004/25/2017YesResEach Year
Monroeville942305/16/2017YesOrd 2017-05-001Each Year
Montevallo9604
Montgomery 945404/18/2017YesOrd 37-2017Each Year
Montgomery County7051
Moody9671 
Mooresville915711/17/2025No2026
Morgan County7052, 7252, 7352, 7452, 775204/20/2017YesRes 17-209Each Year
Morris9373
Mosses9677    
Moulton9414
Moundville9461
Mountain Brook913512/09/2025YesRes 2025-1812026
Mt Vernon949504/25/2017YesRes 2017-04-25Each Year
Mulga910711/12/2025No 2026
Munford976404/11/2018YesRes 2018-01Each Year
Muscle Shoals934104/17/2017YesOrd 1500-17Each Year
Myrtlewood972411/12/2025YesRes 2025-11 10-F2026
Napier Field9493 
Natural Bridge915906/14/2019YesOrd 2019-BEach Year
Nauvoo912705/18/2017YesOrd 2017518Each Year
Needham968901/06/2026No 2026
New Brockton944507/12/2011YesRes 11-01Each Year
New Hope970005/01/2017YesOrd 2017-399Each Year
New Site960501/06/2026No 2026
Newbern968801/06/2026No 2026
Newton9326
Newville9472    
North Courtland9678    
Northport9162
Notasulga9407    
Oak Grove960305/15/2017YesOrd 118Each Year
Oakman9652    
Odenville964104/24/2017YesRes 04102017Each Year
Ohatchee9632
Oneonta940801/19/2021YesOrd 1220-02Each Year
Opelika966305/02/2017YesOrd 111-17Each Year
Opp962804/17/2017YesRes 2017-06Each Year
Orange Beach970612/03/2020YesOrd 2020-1375Each Year
Orrville9775
Owens Cross Roads970307/16/2024YesOrd 24-007Each Year
Oxford9315Limited
Ozark933904/18/2017YesOrd 2017-6Each Year
Parrish942906/04/2025 Yes Res 05-13-25 Each Year 
Pelham945204/03/2024YesRes 2024-04-01-01Each Year
Pell City962104/24/2017YesOrd 2017-4761Each Year
Pennington9469    
Perdido Beach977911/18/2025No 2026
Perry County705306/06/2019YesRes 53-052819Each Year
Phenix City9383
Phil Campbell933405/01/2025 YesRes 2021-0420 Each Year 
Pickens County705403/28/2018YesResEach Year
Pickensville9610
Piedmont9426    
Pike County705505/22/2017YesRes 17-0522Each Year
Pike Road975304/26/2017YesOrd 2017-0367Each Year
Pinckard9490  
Pine Hill9421    
Pine Level9191
Pine Ridge913106/14/2021YesOrd 0321Each Year
Pinson9675
Pisgah943005/15/2017YesOrd 002-2017Each Year
Pleasant Grove9420    
Powell9391    
Prattville9365
Priceville9716 
Prichard9431
Ragland9310    
Rainbow City966606/12/2017YesOrd 523Each Year
Rainsville9389
Ranburne9717
Randolph County705606/12/2024Yes Res #2024-05AEach Year
Red Bay931305/04/2017YesOrd 17.04.17Each Year
Red Level9661
Reece City974906/19/2018YesOrd 171Each Year
Reform934504/21/2021YesRes 0004Each Year
Rehobeth9745    
Repton965905/22/2017YesOrd 2017-03Each Year
Ridgeville9705    
River Falls9739    
Riverside9727  
Riverview9637 
Roanoke931905/14/2024YesOrd 2024-04-15Each Year
Robertsdale961804/01/2017YesRes 003-17Each Year
Rockford976203/20/2023Yes Ord TL-2023-01-01 Each Year 
Rogersville9390
Russell County705706/12/2017YesResEach Year
Russellville940404/10/2018YesOrd 2018-100Each Year
Rutledge9747
Samson931704/18/2017YesOrd 2017-002Each Year
Sand Rock9738 
Sanford976901/07/2026No 2026
Saraland9758
Sardis City9719    
Satsuma913905/08/2025YesOrd 515-2Each Year
Scottsboro941004/24/2017YesOrd 594Each Year
Section9619 
Selma9320
Semmes960804/18/2017YesRes 2017-37Each Year
Sheffield9453
Shelby County705804/10/2017YesRes 17-06-10-04Each Year
Shiloh9189    
Shorter9702    
Silas942703/19/2018YesOrd 2018-001Each Year
Silverhill967004/17/2017YesOrd 439-04-17-2017Each Year
Sipsey9486    
Skyline9140
Slocomb9322    
Smiths Station9763
Snead960606/12/2017YesRes 2017-04Each Year
Somerville972804/11/2017YesRes 2017-02Each Year
Southside970104/10/2017YesOrd 0-002-2017Each Year
South Vinemont914104/11/2024YesRes 2024-04-01Each Year
Spanish Fort9102, 9202, 9203Limited
Springville971401/07/2026YesOrd 2026-012026
St. Clair County7059, 775904/24/2019LimitedRes 2018-49Each Year
St. Florian947804/10/2017YesOrd 92aEach Year
Steele963905/01/2017YesRes2017-002Each Year
Stevenson944705/14/2015YesRes 2015-03Each Year
Sulligent939205/01/2017YesOrd 2017-04Each Year
Sumiton941204/18/2017YesRes 2016-2017-17Each Year
Summerdale964912/10/2025YesOrd 729-252026
Sumter County706004/24/2017YesResEach Year
Susan Moore969106/21/2023Yes Ord 2023-4-17Each Year 
Sweet Water9467    
Sylacauga944205/28/2024YesOrd 2268-24Each Year
Sylvan Springs971805/02/2017YesOrd 17-176Each Year
Sylvania948703/20/2019YesOrd 2019-01Each Year
Talladega938704/17/2017YesRes 1824Each Year
Talladega County7061, 7161, 776105/01/2017YesResEach Year
Tallapoosa County7062 
Tallassee936304/24/2017YesRes 2017-547Each Year
Tarrant962504/17/2017YesOrd 1096Each Year
Taylor9736
Thomaston9660
Thomasville9405Limited
Thorsby9640
Town Creek962204/04/2018YesOrd 2018-01Each Year
Toxey9372    
Trafford9348    
Triana9746    
Trinity915304/24/2017YesOrd 2017-03Each Year
Troy932804/25/2017YesOrd 372Each Year
Trussville962004/28/2021YesRes 2021-22Each Year
Tuscaloosa9163
Tuscaloosa County7063
Tuscumbia9314
Tuskegee933507/15/2019YesOrd 2019-02Each Year
Union9121    
Union Grove9456    
Union Springs945004/17/2017YesOrd 448Each Year
Uniontown934705/20/2020YesRes 2020-1Each Year
Valley966512/11/2025YesRes 2025-159R2026
Valley Grande976611/17/2025No 2026
Valley Head935705/03/2017YesOrd 2017-05-02Each Year
Vance975004/20/2021 Yes Ord 10042021 Each Year 
Vernon933105/05/2020YesOrd CV5042020Each Year
Vestavia Hills933304/24/2017YesRes 4946Each Year
Vina948406/10/2025YesRes 2024-6-3 Each Year
Vincent937804/18/2017YesOrd 2017-003Each Year
Wadley932306/05/2017YesOrd 06-05-2017Each Year
Waldo9475    
Walker County706405/08/2017YesResEach Year
Walnut Grove9715 
Warrior933705/31/2024YesOrd 2024-05Each Year
Washington County7065
Waterloo9470    
Waverly9761 
Weaver944003/22/2018YesRes 2017-06Each Year
Webb971004/24/2017YesOrd 2017-001Each Year
Wedowee9374
West Blocton9693
West Jefferson914405/23/2018YesOrd 2018-05-001Each Year
Westover9765
Wetumpka9338
White Hall9684 
Wilcox County706612/02/2025YesRes 2025-0022026
Wilsonville937011/18/2025YesOrd 251117-22026
Wilton9686  
Winfield9458
Winston County706704/25/2017YesResEach Year
Woodland969006/04/2024YesOrd 2024-05-13-1Each Year
Woodstock9108
Woodville975105/02/2017YesRes 1-2017Each Year
Yellow Bluff9732 
York944406/16/2021YesRes 2021-3Each Year