JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri consumers can save on ENERGY STAR® certified new appliances during the 2023 Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday, which runs through midnight Tueday, April 25. During this annual event, qualifying appliances are exempt from Missouri’s state sales tax law.
Clothes washers, clothes dryers, dishwashers, air conditioners and refrigerators are just some of the items that are exempt from state sales tax during the holiday, provided they are ENERGY STAR® certified.
Consumers who buy ENERGY STAR® certified new appliances in Missouri during the holiday will save a minimum of 4.225% off their purchase. The reduced price represents the elimination of the state’s sales tax from the purchase. This exemption is limited to qualifying ENERGY STAR® certified new appliances, up to $1,500 per appliance.
Starting this year, the Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday also exempts qualifying purchases from all local sales and use taxes.
Qualifying Items:
The following ENERGY STAR certified appliances qualify for the holiday.
- Clothes washers
- Clothes dryers
- Water heaters
- Trash compactors*
- Dishwashers
- Conventional ovens*
- Ranges*
- Stoves*
- Air conditioners
- Furnaces
- Refrigerators
- Freezers
- Heat pumps
*According to the ENERGY STAR website, trash compactors, conventional ovens, ranges and stoves do not receive an ENERGY STAR rating. Therefore, although the statute anticipates that some day they may receive the ENERGY STAR rating, tax will continue to apply to purchases of these items during the upcoming Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday.
Retailer’s selling less than 2% of the qualifying merchandise shall offer a sales tax refund in lieu of the sales tax holiday.
All local taxes are removed during the sales tax holiday in addition to state taxes. Municipalities no longer are able to “opt out” of the sales tax holiday as they did in the past.
Effective January 1, 2023, the Show Me Green Sales Tax Holiday exempts all state and local sales or use taxes during the exemption period.