State Sales Tax Rates

January 1, 2007

		--------------------Exemptions--------------------
State	Tax Rates	Food	Prescription Drugs	Non-prescription Drugs

ALABAMA	4		*
ALASKA	none
ARIZONA	5.6	*	*
ARKANSAS	6		*
CALIFORNIA (3)	7.25 (2)	*	*
COLORADO	2.9	*	*
CONNECTICUT	6	*	*	*
DELAWARE	none
FLORIDA	6	*	*	*
GEORGIA	4	* (4)	*
HAWAII	4		*
IDAHO	6		*
ILLINOIS (2)	6.25	1%	1%	1%
INDIANA	6	*	*
IOWA	5	*	*
KANSAS	5.3		*
KENTUCKY	6	*	*
LOUISIANA	4	* (4)	*
MAINE	5	*	*
MARYLAND	5	*	*	*
MASSACHUSETTS	5	*	*
MICHIGAN	6	*	*
MINNESOTA	6.5	*	*	*
MISSISSIPPI	7		*
MISSOURI	4.225	1.225	*
MONTANA	none
NEBRASKA	5.5	*	*
NEVADA	6.5	*	*
NEW HAMPSHIRE	none
NEW JERSEY	7	*	*	*
NEW MEXICO	5	*	*
NEW YORK	4	*	*	*
NORTH CAROLINA (5)	4.25	* (4)	*
NORTH DAKOTA	5	*	*
OHIO	5.5	*	*
OKLAHOMA	4.5		*
OREGON	none
PENNSYLVANIA	6	*	*	*
RHODE ISLAND	7	*	*	*
SOUTH CAROLINA (6)	5	3%	*
SOUTH DAKOTA	4		*
TENNESSEE	7	6%	*
TEXAS	6.25	*	*	*
UTAH	4.75	2.75%	*
VERMONT	6	*	*	*
VIRGINIA	5 (2)	2.5% (2)	*	*
WASHINGTON	6.5	*	*
WEST VIRGINIA	6	5%	*
WISCONSIN	5	*	*
WYOMING	4	* (7)	*

DIST. OF COLUMBIA	5.75	*	*	*

* - indicates exempt from tax, blank indicates subject to general sales tax rate.
Source: Compiled by FTA from various sources.
(1) Some state tax food, but allow an (income) tax credit to compensate poor households. They are:HI, ID, KS, OK, SD, and WY.
(2) Includes statewide local tax of 1.0% in California and 1.0% in Virginia.
(3) Tax rate may be adjusted annually according to a formula based on balances in the unappropriated general fund and the school foundation fund.
(4) Food sales are subject to local sales taxes.
(5) Sales tax rate is scheduled to decrease to 4% on 7/1/2007.
(6) Sales tax rate is scheduled to increase to 6% on 6/1/2007.
(7) Food sales exempt through 6/30/2008.