Sales Tax Calculator online.
How to calculate Sales Tax:
Multiply the price before tax by the percentage sales tax in order to find out the total cost. The equation looks like this: price before tax x sales tax (in decimal form) = total sales tax. Add the total sales tax to the price before tax cost to get your total cost. Make sure you put the sales tax into decimal form.
Sales Tax Equation:
Sales Tax= (Price before tax) x (Sales tax / 100).
Total Cost = Price Before tax + Sales Tax.
Sales Tax = Price Before Tax x (1+(Sales Tax / 100)).
Sales Tax Calculation Examples:
Exercises 1:
You buy a house for 25,000 dollars (Price Before Tax) and pay 5% in sales tax. How much is Sales tax?
Sales Tax = 25,000 times 5% = 25,000 times (5 divided by 100).
Sales Tax = 25,000 times 0.05 = 1,250 dollars.
The cost with tax is 25,000 + 1250 = 26,250 dollars.
Exercises 2:
You buy a laptop for 3,000 dollars (Price Before Tax) and pay 7% in sales tax. How much is Sales tax?
Sales Tax = 3,000 times 7% = 3,000 times (7 divided by 100).
Sales Tax = 3,000 times 0.07 = 210 dollars.
The cost with tax is 3,000 + 210 = 3,210 dollars.
Exercises 3:
You buy a smart phone for 700 dollars (Price Before Tax) and pay 10% in sales tax. How much is Sales tax?
Sales Tax = 700 times 7% = 700 times (10 divided by 100).
Sales Tax = 700 times 0.10 = 70 dollars.
The cost with tax is 700 + 70 = 770 dollars.
List of the sales tax rates for different states in U.S as 2016:
| State and Local Sales Tax Rates as of January 1, 2016 | |||
| State | State Tax Rate | Avg. Local Tax Rate (a) | Max. Local Tax Rate |
| Alabama | 4.00% | 4.97% | 7.00% |
| Alaska | none | 1.78% | 7.50% |
| Arizona | 5.60% | 2.65% | 5.30% |
| Arkansas | 6.50% | 2.80% | 5.13% |
| California | 7.50% | 0.98% | 2.50% |
| Colorado | 2.90% | 4.62% | 8.00% |
| Connecticut | 6.35% | none | none |
| Delaware | none | none | none |
| Florida | 6.00% | 0.66% | 1.50% |
| Georgia | 4.00% | 3.01% | 4.00% |
| Hawaii | 4.00% | 0.35% | 0.50% |
| Idaho | 6.00% | 0.03% | 3.00% |
| Illinois | 6.25% | 2.39% | 4.75% |
| Indiana | 7.00% | none | none |
| Iowa | 6.00% | 0.79% | 1.00% |
| Kansas | 6.50% | 2.10% | 4.00% |
| Kentucky | 6.00% | none | none |
| Louisiana | 4.00% | 5.00% | 7.00% |
| Maine | 5.50% | none | none |
| Maryland | 6.00% | none | none |
| Massachusetts | 6.25% | none | none |
| Michigan | 6.00% | none | none |
| Minnesota | 6.875% | 0.39% | 1.50% |
| Mississippi | 7.00% | 0.07% | 1.00% |
| Missouri | 4.225% | 3.64% | 5.00% |
| Montana | none | none | none |
| Nebraska | 5.50% | 1.37% | 2.00% |
| Nevada | 6.85% | 1.13% | 1.30% |
| New Hampshire | none | none | none |
| New Jersey | 7.00% | -0.03% | 3.50% |
| New Mexico | 5.125% | 2.38% | 3.56% |
| New York | 4.00% | 4.49% | 4.88% |
| North Carolina | 4.75% | 2.15% | 2.75% |
| North Dakota | 5.00% | 1.82% | 3.50% |
| Ohio | 5.75% | 1.39% | 2.25% |
| Oklahoma | 4.50% | 4.32% | 6.50% |
| Oregon | none | none | none |
| Pennsylvania | 6.00% | 0.34% | 2.00% |
| Rhode Island | 7.00% | none | none |
| South Carolina | 6.00% | 1.22% | 2.50% |
| South Dakota | 4.00% | 1.84% | 2.00% |
| Tennessee | 7.00% | 2.46% | 5.00% |
| Texas | 6.25% | 1.92% | 2.00% |
| Utah (b) | 5.95% | 0.74% | 2.10% |
| Vermont | 6.00% | 0.17% | 1.00% |
| Virginia (b) | 5.30% | 0.33% | 0.70% |
| Washington | 6.50% | 2.39% | 3.10% |
| West Virginia | 6.00% | 0.20% | 1.00% |
| Wisconsin | 5.00% | 0.41% | 1.75% |
| Wyoming | 4.00% | 1.42% | 2.00% |
| D.C. | 5.75% | none | none |
