New Mexico tax-free weekend starts July 31

LAS CRUCES
New Mexico tax-free weekend starts July 31

Leighanne MunozLas Cruces Sun-News
July 25, 2026, 5:06 a.m. MT

Tax-free weekend in New Mexico begins at midnight Friday, July 31, 2026 and will end at midnight Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026

The annual event from the state “allows for a deduction for the collection of gross receipts tax on sales of qualifying items so you can buy the items tax free. Because many merchants also absorb the tax on several non-qualifying items, you are the beneficiary all around,”

The qualifying items include clothing and shoes under $100 per item, school supplies under $30 per item, computers under $1,000 and computer hardware under $500. Excluded items include accessories, jewelry, headphones, video games, cameras, etc. For a full list of exclusions visit NMOne

If you need to exchange an item bought during tax-free weekend after the date for an item the same price, the item will still be tax-free

If an item is both ordered and paid for online during the tax-free weekend and it’s billed to a New Mexico address and if an item is put on layaway, it is eligible for waived taxes only if final payment and delivery is made during tax-free weekend

“This annual tax holiday is a great opportunity for parents and other New Mexicans to save money on important school supplies and relarke

Retailers are not required to participate in the tax holiday. Businesses who choose not to participate must pay tax on otherwise eligible sales and may recover their tax costs from customers

For more information on tax-free weekend visit Tax and Revenue New Mexico’s website at https://www.tax.newmexico.gov/

Leighanne Muñozis the business and development reporter for the Las Cruces Sun-News and is a fellow with the New Mexico Local News Fellowships and Internships Program, which places emerging journalists in newsrooms across New Mexico. Learn more at www.newmexicolocalnewsfellowships.org. Email her at lmunoz@gannett.com