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Texas sales tax rates by ZIP code

Local jurisdictions may add up to 2%, and the combination of city, county, transit authority and special purpose districts frequently splits ZIP codes.

6.25%Texas state base rate
6.25%Lowest combined rate
8.25%Highest combined rate
2,597TX ZIP codes in our file

Counts and the combined rate range are drawn from our October 2026 file. Rates change monthly.

What you actually have to charge in Texas

Local jurisdictions add their own rate on top, so the rate you must actually charge is almost never the state rate.

  • State base rate6.25%
  • Local taxesYes — city, county and/or special district rates apply on top
  • ShippingTaxable either way — separate or combined with handling
  • Taxing jurisdictions we track2,074
  • ZIP codes with more than one rate1,258 of 2,597 (48%) — a single rate per ZIP code would be wrong for these
  • Update frequencyMonthly, delivered two business days before the month begins

See the TX 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 TX rows.

What's in the Texas rate file

Texas 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.

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Research

Official Texas sales tax resources

Every link below goes to an official Texas government source, not to us. The state is always the authority — our file is how you avoid checking it by hand every month.

How local tax works in Texas. State-collected. Cities, counties, transit authorities and special purpose districts impose local tax, all collected by the Comptroller on one combined return, with the local total capped at 2%.

Worth knowing. The 2% local cap means overlapping jurisdictions get truncated, so the correct combined rate can rarely be derived by adding published rates — use the Comptroller's address-level Rate Locator. Texas is origin-sourced for in-state sellers, the opposite of most destination states.

Questions

Texas sales tax questions

What is the sales tax rate in Texas?

The statewide base rate is 6.25%. Local jurisdictions add their own rate on top, so the rate you must actually charge is almost never the state rate.

Is shipping taxable in Texas?

Generally yes. In Texas a delivery charge is taxable whether you bill it on its own or roll it in with handling.

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 Texas?

We track 2,074 bodies that actually levy a sales tax in Texas — 125 counties, 1,306 cities and 643 special districts — across 2,597 TX 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 Texas sales tax rates?

Every Sales Tax Systems edition includes Texas 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 TX rows in it.

Sales tax rates in other states

Alabama 4%Alaska 0%Arizona 5.6%Arkansas 6.5%California 7.25%Colorado 2.9%Connecticut 6.35%Delaware 0%District of Columbia 7%Florida 6%Georgia 4%Hawaii 4%Idaho 6%Illinois 6.25%Indiana 7%Iowa 6%Kansas 6.5%Kentucky 6%Louisiana 5%Maine 5.5%Maryland 6%Massachusetts 6.25%Michigan 6%Minnesota 6.875%Mississippi 7%Missouri 4.225%Montana 0%Nebraska 5.5%Nevada 6.85%New Hampshire 0%New Jersey 6.625%New Mexico 4.875%New York 4%North Carolina 4.75%North Dakota 5%Ohio 5.75%Oklahoma 4.5%Oregon 0%Pennsylvania 6%Rhode Island 7%South Carolina 6%South Dakota 4.2%Tennessee 7%Utah 4.85%Vermont 6%Virginia 4.3%Washington 6.5%West Virginia 6%Wisconsin 5%Wyoming 4%

Texas is one state. The file covers all of them.

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