Target Coupon Policy: Stacking Rules, Limits & Target Circle Coupons

Target accepts paper manufacturer coupons, its own store coupons and digital offers in Target Circle, and it lets you combine several of them on one item. The catch is in the details: per-item stacking limits, daily limits on identical coupons and a handful of exclusions. Here's how it works, based on Target's own help pages and Target Circle terms.

How coupon stacking works at Target

On any single item, Target allows one manufacturer coupon (paper or digital), one Target category offer and one Target item-level offer ¹. For example, Target says an item-level coupon such as $1 off body wash can be used together with a category coupon like $5 off a $15 personal care purchase ².

Category and storewide offers have their own limits:

• Only one storewide offer per guest per transaction ¹.
• If you use offers for several categories, or storewide offers, you must meet each offer's purchase requirement separately ¹.
• Storewide Target Circle Deals or Target Circle Bonuses can be applied together with item- and category-level Circle offers ³.

Manufacturer coupons vs. Target coupons

A Target store coupon has "Target Coupon" printed on it ². Manufacturer coupons come from the brand, and they're accepted when the printed limits and requirements are met ².

• Paper manufacturer coupons work for in-store purchases ¹.
• Scanning is required. Manufacturer coupons must scan at the register against a master file of valid coupons, and coupons not on that file are refused ¹.
• The item has to match. Brand, size, quantity, color, flavor and similar details must match the coupon description ¹.
• Coupons on your phone aren't accepted for manufacturer coupons, except for Target Circle manufacturer coupons ¹.

Limits and coupons Target won't take

• You can use up to 4 identical coupons per household per day, unless the coupon says otherwise ¹.
• Expired coupons and counterfeit coupons aren't accepted ¹.
• Coupons from other retailers, and coupons for products Target doesn't carry, aren't accepted ¹.
• Copied, scanned, altered, transferred, bought or sold coupons are void ¹.
• Coupons can't be applied to previous purchases ¹.
• Target coupons and Target Circle offers can't be used on products sold by CVS ¹.
• Clearance is excluded from Target Circle deals unless the deal says otherwise ¹.

Target also keeps the right to refuse or limit any coupon, and any later return, for reasons that include repeated disruptive behavior ¹.

"Per purchase" vs. "per transaction"

These two phrases on a coupon mean different things. "One coupon per purchase" means one coupon per item, so you can use several of the same coupon as long as each has its own matching item ². "One coupon per transaction" means you can use that coupon only once per store transaction, even if you're buying several items ².

BOGO coupons

Buy one, get one free coupons can't be combined, so two BOGO coupons won't make two items free ¹. Unless the coupon says otherwise, a BOGO coupon needs two qualifying items at checkout: one is charged and the second is discounted by its full retail price ¹.

Target Circle digital coupons

Digital manufacturer coupons (DMCs) live in Target Circle. They're single use and don't stack with paper manufacturer coupons ². A few rules from the Target Circle terms:

• Only coupons activated on your Target Circle Deals page at the time of purchase can be redeemed ³.
• You can redeem them with the Target app, a printout of your barcode or the phone number on your Target account; photos of barcodes aren't accepted ³.
• Target Circle Deals expire at 11:59 PM (Pacific) on the stated date unless noted otherwise ³.

Printable and online coupons

Target accepts valid print-at-home internet coupons that have a scannable barcode ¹. Printed manufacturer coupons from the internet are accepted only if the manufacturer has added them to Target's database ². Internet coupons for free items with no purchase requirement are not accepted ¹.

On Target.com, an accepted Target coupon comes with an alphanumeric promo code you enter at checkout, such as one starting with TGT ². Target Circle deals show where each offer can be used ².

Sales tax, overages and returns

• Sales tax is figured on the item's full price before a manufacturer coupon. Target coupons do reduce the taxable amount, unless the law says otherwise ¹.
• No overage. If a coupon is worth more than the item, Target doesn't give cash back or apply the extra to other items ¹.
• Returns. Your return credit won't include any coupon or promotional discount from the original order ¹. Single-use offers come back to your account if all the items they applied to were returned, cancelled or voided ¹. Target may also decline returns of items bought with manufacturer coupons or rebates ¹.

Coupons and price matching

Target Circle Deals can't be used together with a competitor price match ³. For how Target matches its own lower prices, see the Target price match policy.

Quick tips

• Activate Target Circle coupons before you check out; inactive coupons won't apply ³.
• Check a coupon for "per purchase" or "per transaction" before buying several of the same item ².
• Keep paper and digital manufacturer coupons for different items, since they don't stack on one item ².
• More coupon rules from other retailers are in our coupon policy guides, and Target's other policies are on the Target store page.