Florida’s Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday Starts This Week

Hurricane season is approaching and the 20-day sales tax holiday called “Disaster Preparedness” starts up on May 28th and runs through June 6th. Some of the items you will be able to purchase with no sales tax are: flashlights under $40, batteries less than $50, coolers less than $60, tarps under $100 and generators less than $1,000.

Some of Tampa’s most incredible hurricane photos…

Remember when the water along Bayshore Boulevard disappeared?

• Powerful Hurricane Irma Slams Into Florida

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  Residents inspect the extreme receding water in Tampa Bay ahead of Hurricane Irma.

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  September 10, 2017 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)
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• Washington Redskins v Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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  Members of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' grounds crew remove a large tarp off of the playing field as heavy rains associated with Tropical Storm Hermine impact the Tampa Bay area prior to the start of and the Washington Redskins on August 31, 2016 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
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  Military equipment sits in the parking lot at Raymond James stadium ahead of Hurricane Irma on September 10, 2017 in Tampa, Florida.

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  Tampa residents load sandbags with beach sand at Gandy Beach as residents and visitors in Florida prepare for, and evacuate ahead of, Hurricane Irma on September 09, 2017 in Tampa, Florida.
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  Residents work together to fill sandbags for each other at Bobby Hicks Park as residents prepare ahead of Hurricane Irma on September 5, 2017 in Tampa, Florida.

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  Tampa residents load sandbags with beach sand at Gandy Beach as residents and visitors in Florida prepare for, and evacuate ahead of, Hurricane Irma on September 09, 2017.
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• Texas Rangers v Houston Astros

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  An Astros fan thanks Tampa, as Chris Devenski #47 of the Houston Astros signs autographs, before their game versus the Texas Rangers at Tropicana Field on August 30, 2017 in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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