Calculate the Sales Taxes in the USA for 2022

American sales taxes are applicable on goods and services made for retail sale only, when the product reached its final form, and not on the several steps that add value to it. There is no tax on wholesales, sales of raw materials or unfinished goods, if the buyer is an intermediate that plans to sell it to another intermediate or put it on the retail market. The sales taxes is applicable only once on the sale or lease of the goods or services to the consumer.

Each state manages its own sales tax and decides the rate applied on the entire region, which is the state-wide tax. However, the total sales tax paid by the consumer is not identical everywhere. Some geopolitical regions such as jurisdictions, municipalities, cities and counties, can impose a local surtax, which is added to the state-wide tax. Depending on the location where a consumer buys its goods or services, there might be a state tax plus a local surtax.

All products are not taxed equally; groceries, clothing, drug (with or without prescriptions) can be exempt from general tax in certain states. Prepared food, gas, alcohol and tobacco also follows different rules, with a higher rate than the regional tax.

There is a multitude of different sales tax rate in the United States, but you can, with this calculator, get a close estimate of the regional tax rate and the list of exempted products. First, you can obtain the exact state tax on the purchase price by choosing a state. Then the calculator can provide you with the average of all local surtaxes found in that specific state, as well as the maximum rate you could encounter.

If you click on the other tab, you can also reverse the calculation, by inserting the total amount in order to get the price excluding taxes.

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American State Sales Tax Chart

American States Tax Comparison Chart

This chart shows how much tax is paid for the purchased good or service in each state.