State Sales
Tax
State Sales Taxes
and Tax Rates
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A sales tax is a tax on consumption,
which is displayed as a percentage of
the sale price.
Sales taxes in the United
States are taxes added onto the price of
goods or services that are purchased in
the United States. A sales tax is a tax
on consumption, which is displayed as a
percentage of the sale price.
Sales taxes are assessed
by every state except Alaska, Delaware,
Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon.
Hawaii has a similar tax
although it is charged to businesses
instead of consumers. In some cases,
sales taxes are also assessed at the
county or municipal level.
The sales tax is the responsibility of
the merchant to collect and remand to
the state, and stated separately (or
implicitly added at the time of sale) to
the consumer.
Consumers are generally
charged the tax, resellers are exempt if
they do not use of the goods. This is in
contrast to a value added tax (VAT),
where resellers are also taxed
(resellers may then claim the VAT paid
on their purchases from the applicable
authority).
The Constitution of the United States
limits the power of the states to
subjects within their jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction over interstate commerce is
reserved to the federal government.
Nevertheless, a resident of a state with
a sales tax who purchases goods from a
place with no sales tax might be subject
to pay a "use tax" (often at the same
rate as the state sales tax) for
non-exempt purchases.
Sales taxes in the United States are
taxes added onto the price of goods or
services that are purchased in the
United States.
State Sales Tax Rates
Sales taxes are assessed by every state
except Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New
Hampshire and Oregon. Hawaii has a
similar tax although it is charged to
businesses instead of consumers. In some
cases, sales taxes are also assessed at
the county or municipal level.
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