Which state has the lowest sales tax?

[ILLINI]

I'm pretty sure that New Hampshire doesn't have any sales tax.

Are there any other states that don't have sales tax? If so what are they.

What about states that do have sales taxes, but are very low? What are they?

Thanks a bunch!

 

[transienttorque]

New Hampshire and Oregon have no state sales tax and New Hampshire has no state income tax.

 

[Ailerongirl]

PA has no sales tax on clothes, and I believe 6% on everything else.

 

[Airspur]

No sales tax in Montana.

 

[Singlecoil]

Gotcha beat. Alaska has no sales (state) or income tax and they pay you to live here via the Permanent Fund Dividend. $1100 this year.

 

[erj-145mech]

Tennesse will nail you for 8 1/4% on every purchase, including food items.

 

[EngineOut]

DELAWARE = 0% (OR USED TO)

 

[ILLINI]

Wow, 8 1/4! And I thought 7 3/4 was alot where I live in Illinois.

So to summarize, these are the states that do not have SALES tax:

1) Oregon
2) Alaska
3) Montana
4) New Hampshire
5) Deleware (maybe??? Can anyone else confirm?)

Any more???

Thanks alot guys

 

[Steve]

Deleware does not have a sales tax. At least not as of this summer. NY will also steal 8 1/4 % from you on every purchase.

 

[JJJ]

Our hotel van driver in MHT, NH said that all of the tax revenue is derived from property tax.

 

[wingnutt]

they may not have a sales tax, but ill bet dimes to dollars they make it up in some form or another, be it income tax (some states do not have that either), or higher property tax, etc etc etc

 

[chperplt]

Nevada has an ok 7 1/4% sales not, ZERO income tax, and less than 1% property tax..

 

[Wankel7]

TX 8.25 % but no income tax.

Wankel

 

[flint4xx]

Broken down as indicated for the largest city in each state. Last number on the right is percent of income towards major taxes expense. There were different tables for higher and lower incomes. I put "State tax comparison" in my search engine.

ESTIMATED BURDEN OF MAJOR TAXES FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, 2000 $50,000 income. TAXES BURDEN
RANK CITY ST INCOME PROPERTY SALES AUTO AMOUNT PERCENT
1 Bridgeport CT 316 8,352 695 691 10,054 20.1%
2 Philadelphia PA 3,648 2,205 654 206 6,713 13.4%
3 Newark NJ 619 4,844 691 142 6,295 12.6%
4 Providence RI 1,097 3,596 681 547 5,921 11.8%
5 Portland ME 1,443 3,450 512 218 5,623 11.2%
6 Baltimore MD 2,423 1,997 744 188 5,352 10.7%
7 New York City NY 2,712 1,507 949 75 5,244 10.5%
8 Louisville KY 3,184 1,048 606 315 5,153 10.3%
9 Milwaukee WI 1,840 2,199 639 217 4,896 9.8%
10 Detroit MI 2,902 847 627 211 4,587 9.2%
11 Boston MA 2,028 1,914 408 219 4,569 9.1%
12 Des Moines IA 1,904 1,642 655 251 4,452 8.9%
13 Manchester NH 0 4,210 0 181 4,391 8.8%
14 Kansas City MO 1,783 1,227 899 434 4,344 8.7%
15 Honolulu HI 2,320 1,084 657 279 4,340 8.7%
16 WASHINGTON DC 2,427 915 775 218 4,335 8.7%
17 Columbus OH 2,201 1,284 642 185 4,312 8.6%
18 Salt Lake City UT 2,122 818 1,046 294 4,281 8.6%
19 Minneapolis MN 1,774 1,427 750 265 4,216 8.4%
20 Los Angeles CA 432 2,562 817 364 4,175 8.3%
21 Charlotte NC 1,990 1,071 762 302 4,125 8.2%
22 Birmingham AL 2,298 578 970 247 4,093 8.2%
23 Chicago IL 1,172 1,766 844 235 4,016 8.0%
24 Virginia Beach VA 1,789 1,235 613 351 3,988 8.0%
25 Portland OR 2,482 1,314 0 191 3,988 8.0%
26 Columbia SC 1,755 1,070 593 537 3,954 7.9%
27 Oklahoma City OK 1,881 856 1,013 191 3,941 7.9%
28 Little Rock AR 1,648 1,114 871 295 3,928 7.9%
29 Burlington VT 1,079 2,112 557 167 3,915 7.8%
30 Atlanta GA 1,585 1,094 890 278 3,847 7.7%
31 Charleston WV 1,697 876 817 361 3,750 7.5%
32 Indianapolis IN 1,711 1,276 579 110 3,676 7.4%
33 Jackson MS 1,088 1,177 796 600 3,661 7.3%
34 Albuquerque NM 1,167 1,344 950 153 3,613 7.2%
35 Boise ID 1,909 820 632 233 3,593 7.2%
36 Omaha NE 1,277 1,388 795 84 3,544 7.1%
37 Wilmington DE 1,856 1,445 0 170 3,471 6.9%
38 Fargo ND 644 1,897 695 206 3,442 6.9%
39 Billings MT 1,715 1,254 0 300 3,269 6.5%
40 Wichita KS 1,327 744 750 371 3,192 6.4%
41 New Orleans LA 1,225 740 1,008 163 3,136 6.3%
42 Seattle WA 0 1,885 1,069 178 3,133 6.3%
43 Denver CO 850 790 758 235 2,632 5.3%
44 Phoenix AZ 901 535 972 186 2,594 5.2%
45 Houston TX 0 1,388 1,006 190 2,584 5.2%
46 Memphis TN 0 1,240 1,124 152 2,516 5.0%
47 Sioux Falls SD 0 1,335 941 147 2,424 4.8%
48 Jacksonville FL 0 1,379 697 206 2,282 4.6%
49 Las Vegas NV 0 1,156 697 347 2,200 4.4%
50 Anchorage AK 0 1,541 0 124 1,665 3.3%
51 Cheyenne WY 0 702 697 164 1,563 3.1%
AVERAGE 1/ $1,641 $1,652 $773 $254 $4,019 8.0%
MEDIAN $1,648 $1,284 $697 $218 $3,954 7.9%

 

[flint4xx]

I see Las Vegas down at #49. Must be no sales tax on hookers.

 

[Q200_FO]

Gotcha beat. Alaska has no sales (state) or income tax and they pay you to live here via the Permanent Fund Dividend. $1100 this year.

Actually, ANCHORAGE, Alaska doesn't have sales tax (they will have it though more sooner than later if you look at how screwed up the Anchorage city budget is) Pretty much every other town or city has at least a 7% sales tax. There is no state income tax, but I'll tell you right now, when the oil runs out, watch out! (And ANWR won't save the state government, no matter what the conservitates tell you) Plus that bonehead ex-senator turned gonevor (who sent his kid to Washington in his place, which sickens me) wants to build a gas pipeline and more access roads in Alaska and he wants to pay for it by raiding the dividend after he went on TV last year during the campaign and swore up and down to the people that he wouldnt touch the dividend. Now, the legislature is getting closer and closer to raiding that money and when they do, no more dividends. In other words, don't move to Alaska thinking you'll get free monry forever. Ain't gonna happen.


AND, the dividends we do get ain't by no means tax free either. The first weeks of October every year is nice, but when April 15 hits, Ouch!