Get ready to shop! Wisconsin sales tax holiday about to begin

MADISON — Wisconsin's five-day sales tax holiday is about to begin.

Shoppers won't have to pay sales taxes on clothing, computers and school supplies Wednesday, August 1 through Sunday August 5.

The holiday comes with plenty of strings attached. Each item of clothing must cost less than $75 to be exempt from the sales tax; computers must be purchased for personal use and must cost $750 or less; the price of each school personal computer supply item must be $250 or less; and the price of each school supply item must be $75 or less.

Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill in April that created the one-time sales tax holiday. The move is expected to cost the state nearly $15 million in lost revenue.

Democrats have decried the holiday as an election-year gimmick.