Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday set for Sept. 1-3

The upcoming Labor Day Weekend has an added bonus this year: Louisiana’s Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday is also slated for Sept. 1-3, 2023, so if you’ve been waiting to buy that new gun or to stock up on ammo for the upcoming hunting seasons, you can get it done starting this Friday.

The exemption applies statewide to all consumer purchases of firearms, ammunition, and hunting supplies. Firearms eligible for the sales tax exemption include shotguns, rifles, pistols, revolvers or other handguns which may be legally sold or purchased in Louisiana. Ammunition fired from a gun or firearm is eligible for the tax exemption. Hunting supplies which are used and designed for hunting are eligible for the exemption and include the following:

• Archery items such as bows, crossbows, arrows, quivers, shafts, cases, and other archery accessories;
• Accessories designed for hunting;
• Apparel including safety gear, camouflage clothing, jackets, hats, gloves, mittens, face masks, and thermal underwear manufactured and marketed as being primarily for wear or use while hunting;
• Hunting shoes or boots designed for hunting;
• Bags to carry game or hunting gear;
• Tools manufactured and marketed as being primarily for use in hunting;
• Firearm cases and accessories;
• Pirogues;
• Range finders; Knives manufactured and marketed as being primarily for use in hunting. This excludes the purchase of knives by an individual for household, business, or other recreational uses;
• Decoys;
• Tree stands and blinds;
• Chairs to be used for hunting. This excludes an individual’s purchase of chairs or other furniture for household, business, or other recreational uses;
• Optics, such as rifle scopes, and impact resistant glasses for shooting, and binoculars if purchased to be used for hunting;
• Hearing protection gear and enhancements;
• Holsters, belts that are manufactured and marketed as being primarily for use inhunting, and slings; and
• Miscellaneous gear manufactured and marketed as being primarily for use in hunting. This includes other hunting-related gear or supplies not previously listed.

Find out which purchases are not eligible for exemption and get more info here.