Vehicle sales tax calculator.
Estimate the sales tax on a vehicle sale in 39 states. Enter the deal the way you would write it up, and see every state and local line.
Each state taxes a deal its own way.
The taxable amount
Most states tax the sale price plus the doc fee, minus discounts and the trade-in allowance. Some leave the doc fee out or cap the trade-in credit.
State and local rates
Many states add a county or city rate on top of the state rate. Florida, for example, applies its county surtax to the first $5,000 only.
What it leaves out
Title, registration and plate fees are not included, so this is the sales tax, not the out-the-door price.
Supported states.
The calculator covers these 39 states today.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Not supported yet: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Jersey and Washington.
Common questions.
It depends on the state. Most states add the doc fee to the taxable amount, and Texas does not. The calculator follows each state's rule.
In most states, yes: the trade-in allowance comes off the taxable amount, and some states cap that credit. In most states, the payoff still owed on the trade does not change it.
No. It estimates sales and use tax only. A few states charge fees that work like a tax, and those are shown as other taxes.
The calculator covers 39 states today. The other 12 have local rules we have not modeled yet.
Use it as an estimate. Rates change, and your state's tax office has the final word. Each state shows the date its rates are current as of.