Governor Rick Scott requests ten day tax holiday

Floridians could see a longer back to school sales tax holiday this year.

Governor Rick Scott is asking that the holiday be extended to 10 days in his budget proposal to the Florida Legislature.

For the past 3 years the sales tax holiday has been cut to three days.

The Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday is a popular annual tradition in Florida that allows people to buy clothes and certain school items including computers without paying sales tax.

  

Retailers say they typically boost staffing by about 20 percent during the tax holiday weekend to accommodate shoppers.

In general, retailers say they get an average increase of between 30 and 40 percent in store traffic over the weekend because of the sales tax holiday.

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