how much is sales tax in your area? we''re currently paying 7.75%...

[Dancing Fire]

and suppose to go up to 8.75% soon.

 

[sba771]

I think mine is up to 17% on EVERYTHING! but then again it is Germany so its different

 

[HollyS]

It''s been 8.25% for many years. TX does not have a state income tax though.

 

[soocool]

Southeastern PA is 6%( but not on food or clothing), but it is 7% in Philly and NJ is 7% again (it has gone between 6 & 7). If I buy a big ticket item, I go to Delaware where there is no sales tax!

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

too much.

 

[BeachRunner]

6% in WV

 

[DiamanteBlu]

zero in NH [we make up for it in property taxes]

 

[sammyj]

Date: 3/3/2009 10:20:08 AM
Author: DiamanteBlu
zero

Diamante, I''m moving closer to you! It''s 13% in Ontario, Canada.

 

[grapegravity]

5% in AB, CAN

 

[Lauren8211]

6% in Michigan

 

[BlueSki231]

10% sales tax
and 12% at restaurants
(suburbs of cook county)

- and it''s higher if you''re in the city of chicago
i think we have the highest in the country...

 

[joflier]

5.5% in WI (in my county) some of the counties are 5.0%

 

[pinkstars]

None in AK

Although whenever I go out of state I always forget about tax the first few times I buy something and somebody was to remind me why I''m paying more!

 

[gwendolyn]

15%, down from 17.5% in London--but in December of this year it goes back up (I think it's this December? or Jan 1st 2010?).

 

[akmiss]

Date: 3/3/2009 11:19:26 AM
Author: pinkstars
None in AK

Although whenever I go out of state I always forget about tax the first few times I buy something and somebody was to remind me why I'm paying more!

I do the same thing! The cashiers give me the craziest looks when I enquire about the total

 

[AllieGator]

I''m from New York state, and ours ranges from 7% to 8.75%, depending on your county. The state tax is 4%, and then each county has its own rate on top of that.

 

[LtlFirecracker]

Same as DF. CA tax is 7.75% and is going up on Apr 1st

 

[stephbolt]

Date: 3/3/2009 9:55:32 AM
Author: soocool
Southeastern PA is 6%( but not on food or clothing), but it is 7% in Philly and NJ is 7% again (it has gone between 6 & 7). If I buy a big ticket item, I go to Delaware where there is no sales tax!

Ditto! I am in grad school in DE so I try and do the majority of our shopping on my way to and from school.

 

[LAJennifer]

Date: 3/3/2009 10:18:01 AM
Author: BeachRunner
6% in WV

And has been for years. One of the few states that actually has a surplus right now. *Sigh* I miss WV.

In Los Angeles, it is 8.25% (will be going up).

 

[ImpatientOne]

We pay 8.9% here in the greater Seattle area (nothing on food items)...

 

[ladypirate]

0% here in Oregon!

 

[bebe]

8.25%
high property taxes
but no state income taxes

 

[icekid]

Date: 3/3/2009 9:55:32 AM
Author: soocool
Southeastern PA is 6%( but not on food or clothing), but it is 7% in Philly and NJ is 7% again (it has gone between 6 & 7). If I buy a big ticket item, I go to Delaware where there is no sales tax!

I live in Delaware this year, and this is the only thing I like about it

Back home, upstate NY near Buffalo, I think they''re at a pricey 8.75%. NY state is horrible for taxes in general. I am moving to Maryland this summer and I believe the taxes are very high there, as well

 

[SarahLovesJS]

5% in VA

 

[Steel]

21.5% (Ireland)

If that was not bad enough; our Government have announced they will (probably) be putting up taxes before the end of this month.

 

[Rhea]

15% right now - or is it 15.5%? It was 17.5% until December and then was dropped for a one year period, I think. I live in England.

 

[Clairitek]

Hmm. Depends on what state I am in at the moment. In DE (where I work) it 0%. In RI (where I am from) its 8%. In PA (where I live now) its 7%.

You bet I buy as much as I can in DE to save the tax! It took some getting used to living there but now when I buy something outside of DE I am almost offended that they want to tax me!

 

[sunnyd]

Date: 3/3/2009 1:07:17 PM
Author: ImpatientOne
We pay 8.9% here in the greater Seattle area (nothing on food items)...

It''s 9% flat on the Eastside. Unless you go to Bellevue, then it''s 9.3%!!!

 

[monarch64]

7%=IN
Used to be 5%, maybe 10 years ago? Which made it super easy to calculate ST on everything. We don''t have ST on groceries, but there is ST on restaurant food.

 

[Blair138]

10.25% in suburban Cook(Chicago). It''s so bad that towns are talking about creating their own county just to get out of Cook because all we do is pay for the city. I live right near Lake County, so I bought a lot of my wedding related items in Lake and I go buy gas in Lake all the time too!