A sales tax is a consumption tax paid to a government on the sale of certain goods and services. Usually, the vendor collects the sales tax from the consumer as the consumer makes a purchase. Sales tax is dependant on the individual state, thus the federal government does not recieve this.
The sales tax rate ranges from 0% to 16% depending on the state and the type of good or service, and all states differ in their enforcement of sales tax.
| State | Avg Tax Rate | Max Tax Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 4% | 13.5% |
| Alaska | 0% | 7% |
| Arizona | 5.6% | 10.725% |
| Arkansas | 6.5% | 11.625% |
| California | 7.25% | 10.5% |
| Colorado | 2.9% | 10% |
| Connecticut | 6.35% | 6.35% |
| Delaware | 0% | 0% |
| District of Columbia | 5.75% | 5.75% |
| Florida | 6% | 7.5% |
| Georgia | 4% | 8% |
| Guam | 4% | 4% |
| Hawaii | 4.166% | 4.712% |
| Idaho | 6% | 8.5% |
| Illinois | 6.25% | 10.25% |
| Indiana | 7% | 7% |
| Iowa | 6% | 7% |
| Kansas | 6.5% | 11.5% |
| Kentucky | 6% | 6% |
| Louisiana | 4.45% | 11.45% |
| Maine | 5.5% | 5.5% |
| Maryland | 6% | 6% |
| Massachusetts | 6.25% | 6.25% |
| Michigan | 6% | 6% |
| Minnesota | 6.875% | 7.875% |
| Mississippi | 7% | 7.25% |
| Missouri | 4.225% | 10.85% |
| Montana | 0% | 0% |
| Nebraska | 5.5% | 7.5% |
| Nevada | 6.85% | 8.25% |
| New Hampshire | 0% | 0% |
| New Jersey | 6.625% | 12.625% |
| New Mexico | 5.125% | 8.688% |
| New York | 4% | 8.875% |
| North Carolina | 4.75% | 7.50% |
| North Dakota | 5% | 8% |
| Ohio | 5.75% | 8% |
| Oklahoma | 4.5% | 11% |
| Oregon | 0% | 0% |
| Pennsylvania | 6% | 8% |
| Puerto Rico | 10.5% | 11.5% |
| Rhode Island | 7% | 7% |
| South Carolina | 6% | 9% |
| South Dakota | 4% | 6% |
| Tennessee | 7% | 9.75% |
| Texas | 6.25% | 8.25% |
| Utah | 5.95% | 8.35% |
| Vermont | 6% | 7% |
| Virginia | 5.3% | 6% |
| Washington | 6.5% | 10.4% |
| West Virginia | 6% | 7% |
| Wisconsin | 5% | 6.75% |
| Wyoming | 4% | 6% |