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Alaska sales tax rates by ZIP code
No statewide sales tax, but roughly 100 boroughs and municipalities levy local sales tax. Alaska is the clearest case for why a state-level rate is useless on its own.
Counts and the combined rate range are drawn from our October 2026 file. Rates change monthly.
What you actually have to charge in Alaska
Local jurisdictions add their own rate on top, so the rate you must actually charge is almost never the state rate.
- State base rate0%
- Local taxesYes — city, county and/or special district rates apply on top
- ShippingNot taxable either way
- Taxing jurisdictions we track121
- ZIP codes with more than one rate73 of 273 (27%) — a single rate per ZIP code would be wrong for these
- Update frequencyMonthly, delivered two business days before the month begins
See the AK data before you buy. Every edition has a free sample file cut from our October 2026 file, with the full state, county, city and district breakdown exactly as it ships, including 30 AK rows.
What's in the Alaska rate file
Alaska data ships inside every edition — we do not sell single-state files. Each row carries the ZIP code, county and city name, the rate at each jurisdiction level, the combined total, and whether shipping is taxable. The higher editions add district reporting codes, FIPS codes, effective dates and sales tax holiday windows.
Research
Official Alaska sales tax resources
Every link below goes to an official Alaska government source, not to us. The state is always the authority — our file is how you avoid checking it by hand every month.
- Alaska Department of Commerce, Office of the State AssessorThe agency that administers sales tax in Alaska (opens in a new tab)
- Official rate lookupCheck a rate at the source, by address or jurisdiction (opens in a new tab)
- Downloadable rate tablesThe state's own rate and boundary files (opens in a new tab)
- Local & municipal taxHow cities and counties handle their share (opens in a new tab)
How local tax works in Alaska. There is no state sales tax. Boroughs and cities levy, define and administer their own — rates, exemptions, caps and returns all differ by municipality. Many pool remote-seller collection through the Alaska Remote Seller Sales Tax Commission.
Worth knowing. The only statewide reference is the Office of the State Assessor's Alaska Taxable publication. There is no state registration, return or rate lookup — you register with each taxing municipality. Per-transaction tax caps and seasonal rates are common.
Questions
Alaska sales tax questions
What is the sales tax rate in Alaska?
The statewide base rate is 0%. Alaska does not levy a statewide sales tax. Some local jurisdictions do, however, so a zero state rate does not mean zero tax.
Is shipping taxable in Alaska?
Generally no. In Alaska a delivery charge is not taxable, and combining it with handling does not make it taxable.
That distinction catches people out, which is why our file carries both flags — TAX_SHIPPING_ALONE and TAX_SHIPPING_AND_HANDLING_TOGETHER — on every row, for the specific jurisdiction. Your system doesn't have to encode the rule.
How many sales tax jurisdictions are there in Alaska?
We track 121 bodies that actually levy a sales tax in Alaska — 9 counties, 111 cities and 1 special districts — across 273 AK ZIP codes. We count a county, city or district only where it charges something, not merely because it appears in the file.
Where can I download Alaska sales tax rates?
Every Sales Tax Systems edition includes Alaska along with the other 49 states, DC and Canada — we do not sell state-by-state files. Download a free sample to see the format and the AK rows in it.
Sales tax rates in other states
Alaska is one state. The file covers all of them.
Every edition includes all 50 states, DC and Canada, updated monthly, from $499/year.
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