Missouri’s back-to-school tax-free weekend starts today. Does Kansas have one?

Missouri’s tax-free weekend is underway.

Most back-to-school items, such as clothes, shoes, school supplies and computer software, are exempt from sales taxes up to a certain limit in every store in Missouri from Friday through Sunday.

Of course, anyone on the Kansas side of the Kansas City metro area may be able to cross the state line to Missouri and benefit from the savings.

But is there a tax-free weekend in Kansas?

As of now, no. But Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has called for a four-day sales tax holiday.

Kelly proposed in December that the tax holiday would start on the first Thursday in August and would end on the first Sunday. The tax-exempt holiday would apply to items such as pens, pencils, backpacks, clothing items under $300, computer software under $300 and computers under $2,000

The intended beneficiaries would be school children, their families and educators in Kansas, but it would benefit all consumers since they could purchase needed items without paying state sales taxes.

“Shopping for school supplies can be tough. The supply list is long and expenses add up,” Kelly said in December.

There was no update on the proposal as of Friday.

But here’s what you need to know if you intend to take advantage of the tax holiday in the Show-Me state.

What items are tax-exempt in Missouri this weekend?

These clothing items will be tax-free:

• Belts

• Cloth and other materials for making uniforms and other clothing

• Coats

• Diapers, both cloth and disposable

• Dresses

• Gloves

• Hats

• Housecoats and slippers

• Jackets

• Leggings

• Pants

• Shirts

• Shorts

• Shoelaces

• Shoes or boots

• Socks

• Tights

• Undergarments

Computer items that will have taxes suspended include:

• Compact disk drives

• Daughterboards

• Digitizers

• Disk drives

• Desktop and laptop computers

• Display monitors

• Keyboards

• Memory modules

• Microphones

• Modems

• Motherboards

• Mouse

• Multimedia speakers

• Printers that must be connected to a computer

• Random access memory

• Scanners

• Single-user hardware

• Single-user operating systems

• Soundcards

• Storage drives

• Tablet computers or iPads

• Tower computer systems

• Video cards

You will not have to pay sales taxes on these school supplies:

• Art supplies

• Art razor knives and replacement blades

• Backpacks

• Binder clips

• Blank computer disks

• Book bags

• Card stock

• Chalk

• Crayons

• Dry-erase markers

• File folders

• Graphing calculators

• Globes

• Glue

• Handheld calculators

• Hole punches

• Index divider tabs

• Index dividers

• Inkjet refills

• Journals

• Lunch boxes

• Magnetic note pads

• Maps

• Mini pocket packs with paper

• Musical instruments

• Note cards

• Notebooks

• Padlocks

• Paper

• Poster mounting putty

• Pushpins

• Rubber bands

• Rulers

• Scissors

• Staplers

• Staples

• Stencils

• Tape

• Textbooks

• Thumbtacks

• USB flash drives

• Writing instruments

• Writing tablets

Which items do not qualify?

While these items may be used in school, these are not included in the tax-free weekend:

• Adding machine tape

• Batteries

• Belt buckles

• Blackboards

• Briefcases

• Bulletin boards

• CD players

• Copiers

• Desktop telephones

• Digital cameras

• Envelopes

• Facial tissues

• Film

• Film processing

• Furniture or fixtures

• Handbags

• Handkerchiefs

• Headbands

• Headphones

• Halloween costumes

• Handheld media devices, like iPods

• Jewelry

• Keepsake boxes with paper

• Locker mirrors

• Mailing tapes

• MP3 players and accessories

• Non-digital cameras

• Paper trimmer and blade refills

• Portable telephones

• Power strips

• Pre-recorded compact discs and DVDs

• Radios

• Scarves

• Single-use cameras

• Sporting equipment

• Standalone printers

• Storage bags

• Sunglasses

• Tablecloths

• Thank-you notes

• Ties

• Umbrellas

• VHS tapes

• Watches

• Watchbands

Are there cost limits to tax-free items?

Yes, some items have price caps to qualify for tax exemption.

According to the Missouri Department of Revenue:

• A piece of clothing must cost no more than $100.

• School supplies can’t exceed $50 per purchase.

• Graphing calculators need to cost no more than $150.

• Computer software must cost no more than $350.

• Computers, laptops and peripheral devices, like keyboards or a mouse, can cost no more than $1,500.

For example, a pair of jeans that costs $50 is tax-free, but a Chiefs jersey that costs $130 will be taxed.

The Star’s Jonathan Shorman contributed to this report.