The Atlantic Hurricane Season begins on June 1st, and in preparation, the Texas Comptroller’s Office will have the annual Sales Tax Holiday for Emergency Supplies. It will begin at 12:01 am on Saturday, April 26, 2025, and will end at 11:59 pm on Monday, April 28, 2025.
Some of the most commonly purchased qualifying items are:
- Household batteries, fuel containers, and flashlights priced less than $75.00
- Hurricane shutters and emergency ladders priced at less than $300.00
- Portable generators priced less than $3,000.00
This is a complete list of qualifying items:
Less than $3,000.00
- Portable generators
Less than $300.00
- Emergency ladders, hurricane shutters
Less than $75.00
- axes
- batteries, single or multipack,
- non-electric can openers
- carbon monoxide detectors
- ice chests
- fire extinguishers
- first aid kits
- fuel containers
- ground anchor systems
- tie-down kits
- hatchets
- candles
- flashlights
- lanterns
- cell phone batteries
- cell phone battery chargers
- radios
- smoke detectors
- tarps
Full details are found here.