Hurricane Season is Coming. Are You Ready?

Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday May 24 & 25

Every year citizens can purchase supplies for hurricane season tax free on the last weekend of May. This year, Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday falls May 24-25, during which time tax-free purchases are authorized on the first $1,500 of the sales price of each of the following items:

• portable self-powered light source
• portable self-powered radio, two-way radio, or weather band radio
• tarpaulin or other flexible waterproof sheeting
• any ground anchor system or tie-down kit
• any gas or diesel fuel tank
• any package of AAA-cell, AA-cell, C-cell, D-cell, 6-volt, or 9-volt batteries, excluding automobile and boat batteries
• any cellular phone battery and any cellular phone charger
• any non-electric food storage cooler
• any “storm shutter device,” as defined in Louisiana Revised Statute 47:305.58
• any carbon monoxide detector
• any blue ice product
• any portable generator used to provide light or communications or preserve food in the event of a power outage 

​View more information about Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday here.

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