Updated November 07, 2010
Sales taxes are levied on purchases in 45 states and the District of Columbia, as of Jan. 1, 2010. Only five states levy no sales taxes at all. Sales taxes range from a low of 2.9 percent in Colorado to 8.25 percent in California.
The five states that do not levy sales taxes are Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon.
How much does your state charges in sales taxes?
Here's a complete list:
- Alabama - 4 percent
- Alaska - No sales tax
- Arizona - 5.6 percent
- Arkansas - 6 percent
- California - 8.25 percent
- Colorado - 2.9 percent
- Connecticut - 6 percent
- Delaware - No sales tax
- District of Columbia - 6 percent
- Florida - 6 percent
- Georgia - 4 percent
- Hawaii - 4 percent
- Idaho - 6 percent
- Illinois - 6.25 percent
- Indiana - 7 percent
- Iowa - 6 percent
- Kansas - 5.3 percent
- Kentucky - 6 percent
- Louisiana - 4 percent
- Maine - 5 percent
- Maryland - 6 percent
- Massachusetts - 6.25 percent
- Michigan - 6 percent
- Minnesota - 6.875 percent
- Mississippi - 7 percent
- Missouri - 4.225 percent
- Montana - No sales tax
- Nebraska - 5.5 percent
- Nevada - 6.85 percent
- New Hampshire - No sales tax
- New Jersey - 7 percent
- New Mexico - 5 percent
- New York - 4 percent
- North Carolina - 5.75 percent
- North Dakota - 5 percent
- Ohio - 5.5 percent
- Oklahoma - 4.5 percent
- Oregon - No sales tax
- Pennsylvania - 6 percent
- Rhode Island - 7 percent
- South Carolina - 6 percent
- South Dakota - 4 percent
- Tennessee - 7 percent
- Texas - 6.25 percent
- Utah - 4.7 percent
- Vermont - 6 percent
- Virginia - 5 percent
- Washington - 6.5 percent
- West Virginia - 6 percent
- Wisconsin - 5 percent
- Wyoming - 4 percent