This holiday weekend, you can save money on products to help you reduce your water use at your home or business. This is the 4th annual Lawn and Garden Water Smart Tax Holiday!
This Memorial Day Weekend, May 23rd-25th, consumers can purchase water saving items without paying sales tax. Water saving items, as defined by the Texas Comptroller, can include any plant product, any product with a WaterSense label, mulch, rainwater collection systems, and much more! There is no limit to how many items you can purchase.
WaterSense Products
Retailers do not charge sales tax on any product that displays a WaterSense label or logo. These items can be bought for either personal or business purposes.
The categories of products are broad; you can buy items tax free during the holiday that are used or planted for:
- conserving or retaining groundwater;
- recharging water tables; or
- decreasing ambient air temperature, and so limiting water evaporation
Examples of items that qualify for the exemption include:
- a soaker or drip-irrigation hose
- a moisture control for a sprinkler or irrigation system
- mulch
- a rain barrel or an alternative rain and moisture collection system
- a permeable ground cover surface that allows water to reach underground basins, aquifers or water collection points
- plants, trees and grasses
- water-saving surfactants
- soil and compost
If you’d like more information on the products and plants you can purchase tax-free this weekend, visit landscapetexas.org or the Texas Comptroller’s website.
Remember, the City’s Water Conservation program offers rebates on many water-saving and WaterSense labeled items. And residents can always pick up free mulch from the brush recycling center.
