BATON ROUGE, La. — A variety of hunting supplies will be eligible for exemption from local and state taxes during Louisiana's annual Second Amendment sales tax holiday taking place this weekend, the state Department of Revenue said Tuesday.
Officials said the exemption applies to all consumer purchases of firearms, ammunition and specified hunting supplies, including archery items, apparel and certain types of knives, from 12:01 a.m. Friday to midnight Sunday.
Purchases eligible for exemption include:
• 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 in hunting, and slings
• Miscellaneous gear manufactured and marketed as being primarily for use in hunting. This includes other hunting-related gear or supplies not previously listed.
Purchases such as hunting dogs, animal feed, off-road vehicles and vessels like airboats will not be eligible.
A full list of eligible items can be found on the department's website.
The sales tax holiday was reinstated by lawmakers last year after being suspended since 2018.
