Sales
taxes by state |
State |
Gasoline* |
Cigarettes |
Retail** |
Alabama |
18
cents |
42.5
cents |
4% |
Alaska |
8 |
160 |
|
Arizona |
18 |
118 |
5.6 |
Arkansas |
21.5 |
59 |
6 |
California |
18 |
87 |
7.25 |
Colorado
|
22 |
84 |
2.9 |
Connecticut |
25 |
151 |
6 |
Delaware |
23 |
55 |
|
Florida |
14.9 |
33.9 |
6 |
Georgia |
15.3 |
37 |
4 |
Hawaii |
16 |
140 |
4 |
Idaho |
25 |
57 |
5 |
Illinois |
20.1 |
98 |
6.25 |
Indiana |
18 |
55.5 |
6 |
Iowa |
20.7 |
36 |
5 |
Kansas
|
24 |
79 |
5.3 |
Kentucky |
18.5 |
30 |
6 |
Louisiana |
20 |
36 |
4 |
Maine |
25.9 |
200 |
5 |
Maryland |
23.5 |
100 |
5 |
Massachusetts |
21 |
151 |
5 |
Michigan |
19 |
200 |
6 |
Minnesota |
20 |
48 |
6.5 |
Mississippi |
18.4 |
18 |
7 |
Missouri |
17.55 |
17 |
4.225 |
Montana |
27 |
170 |
|
Nebraska |
27 |
64 |
5.5 |
Nevada |
24.8 |
80 |
6.5 |
New
Hampshire |
19.6 |
80 |
|
New
Jersey |
14.5 |
240 |
6 |
New
Mexico |
18.9 |
91 |
5 |
New
York |
23.9 |
150 |
4 |
North
Carolina |
30.2 |
30 |
4.5 |
North
Dakota |
23 |
44 |
5 |
Ohio |
28 |
125 |
5.5 |
Oklahoma |
17 |
103 |
4.5 |
Oregon |
24 |
118 |
|
Pennsylvania |
31.2 |
135 |
6 |
Rhode
Island |
31 |
246 |
7 |
South
Carolina |
16 |
7 |
5 |
South
Dakota |
22 |
53 |
4 |
Tennessee |
21.4 |
20 |
7 |
Texas |
20 |
41 |
6.25 |
Utah |
24.5 |
69.5 |
4.75 |
Vermont |
20 |
119 |
6 |
Virginia |
17.5 |
30 |
5 |
Washington |
31 |
202.5 |
6.5 |
West
Virginia |
27 |
55 |
6 |
Wisconsin |
32.9 |
77 |
5 |
Wyoming
|
14 |
60 |
4 |
District of
Columbia |
22.5 |
100 |
5.75 |
|
*Additional federal levy is 18.4
cents nationwide
**Base
state rate (local tax may be higher)
Source:
Federation of Tax Administrators; update Jan. 1,
2006