Tax-Rates.org - Sales Tax Rates By State

All but five U.S. states have a statewide sales tax collected on most consumer purchases made within state borders. No U.S. state has implemented a Value Added Tax (VAT) instead of a sales tax, so the vast majority of the country's sales tax burden belongs to private citizens and not businesses.

This table displays the base statewide sales tax for each of the fifty states. Many states allow local governments to charge a local sales tax in addition to the statewide sales tax, so the actual sales tax rate may vary by locality within each state. Choose any state for more information, including local and municiple sales tax rates is applicable. For state use tax rates, see Use Tax By State.

1. The provided sales tax rates do not account for local county or city sales taxes, sales tax exemptions, or additional state-specific sales tax laws.

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