Alabama severe weather tax holiday list: What’s available Feb. 20-22

Severe weather in the Birmingham metro area unfortunately happens often and no one is immune.

For example, since 2021, tornadoes have touched down locally in Fultondale, Homewood, Mountain Brook and Shelby County.

That’s why the state of Alabama’s severe weather preparedness sales tax holiday matters.  

This year’s sales tax holiday begins this weekend on Friday, February 20 and ends  Sunday, February 22.

Here is how it works.

During Alabama’s annual Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday, no state sales or use tax is due on certain items you may purchase to deal with severe weather.

Below is a list of *eligible items:

• Batteries
• Cell phone chargers/batteries
• Portable radio or NOAA radio
• Flashlights + lanterns
• Plastic sheeting + tarps
• Duct tape
• Plywood
• Non-electric food storage cooler
• Can opener
• Artificial ice
• First aid kit
• Smoke detector
• Gas tank
• Fire extinguisher

*Covered at $94 or less, per item

In addition, any portable generator priced at $1,564 or less will be tax exempt.

Local cities participating in tax holiday

Along with the removal of state sales taxes, some local communities are also participating by removing their own sales tax during the tax-holiday weekend.

In the Birmingham-area those communities include:

Bessemer, Chelsea, Fultondale, Gardendale, Graysville, Helena, Homewood, Hoover, Hueytown, Jasper, Irondale, Leeds, Mountain Brook and Vestavia Hills.

For the complete list of participating cities and counties, visit the Alabama Department of Revenue’s Severe Weather Preparedness Tax Holiday webpage.

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