BY: STAFF REPORT | BocaNewsNow.com
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2023 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Hurricane season officially starts on June 1st. For those of our readers new to Florida, or if you haven’t updated your “hurricane kit” in a while, this is the time to do it. The State of Florida is in the midst of a tax free holiday for disaster preparedness supplies.
The holiday, which started on Saturday, offers potentially big savings for anything from trash bags to generators to impact windows and doors. Here is the official list from the Florida Department of Revenue:
$10 or less • Dog or cat food if sold individually or the equivalent if sold in a box or case $15 or less • Manual can openers • Collapsible or travel-sized food or water bowls for pets • Cat litter pans • Pet waste disposal bags • Hamster or rabbit substrate
$20 or less • Reusable ice • Leashes, collars, and muzzles for pets • Pet pads
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$25 or less • Cat litter weighing 25 or fewer pounds
$30 or less • Laundry detergent and supplies: powder, liquid, or pod detergent; fabric softener; dryer sheets; stain removers; bleach • Toilet paper, paper towels, paper napkins and tissues, facial tissues • Hand soap, bar soap, and body wash, sunscreen and sunblock • Dish soap and detergents, including powder, liquid, or pod detergents or rinse agents that can be used in dishwashers • Cleaning or disinfecting wipes and sprays, hand sanitizer. Trash bags.
$40 or less • Portable self-powered light sources • Pet beds
$50 or less • Portable self-powered radios, two-way radios, or weather-band radios • Gas or diesel fuel tanks • Batteries, including rechargeable batteries, listed sizes only: ○ AA-cell, AAA-cell, C-cell, D-cell, 6-volt, 9-volt
$60 or less • Nonelectric food storage coolers • Portable power banks
$70 or less • Smoke detectors or smoke alarms • Fire extinguishers • Carbon monoxide detectors
$100 or less • Tarpaulins or other flexible waterproof sheeting • Ground anchor systems • Portable pet kennels or pet carriers • Dog or cat food weighing 50 or fewer pounds • Over-the-counter pet medications
$3,000 or less • Portable generators used to provide light or communications or to preserve food in a power outage
