Sales Tax Calculator

The Sales Tax Calculator can compute any one of the following, given inputs for the remaining two: before-tax price, sale tax rate, and final, or after-tax price.
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Calculating Sales Tax

Enter a pre-tax price and sales tax rate to find the tax amount and final price — or work backward from a known after-tax price to find the original pre-tax amount and rate.

Example: a $100 item with 6.5% sales tax adds $6.50, for a final price of $106.50.

Sales tax is a consumption tax charged as a percentage of the price of goods and services at the point of sale. This calculator solves for whichever value you leave blank — the before-tax price, the sales tax rate, or the after-tax price — based on the two values you provide.

Frequently Asked Questions

Given inputs for two of the following, it computes the third: before-tax price, sales tax rate, and final (after-tax) price.

Sales tax is a consumption tax charged as a percentage of the price of goods and services at the point of sale.

It solves for whichever value you leave blank - the before-tax price, the sales tax rate, or the after-tax price - based on the two values you provide.

No, if you know the before-tax and after-tax prices, the calculator can determine the sales tax rate for you.

Yes, if you enter the before-tax price and the sales tax rate, the calculator finds the final after-tax price.

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