On this page we are describing the sales taxes in the State of Kansas, we aim to educate you on the differences that occur throughout the state so you get a better understanding of it in regards to whether you may have:

  • Have taken a new job in the are
  • Applied for a new school
  • Opened a new bank account in the state of Kansas
  • People who may be unable to find their Social Security Card or have lost it.

What is the lowest and highest sales tax in Kansas?

In the map of Kansas that is pictured below there are a total of 105 countries that are within the state. You can go directly to the page and see which area has the highest and lowest sales tax in your county of choice.

Allen Anderson Atchison Barber Barton Bourbon Brown Butler Chase Chautauqua Cherokee Cheyenne Clark Clay Cloud Coffey Comanche Cowley Crawford Decatur Dickinson Doniphan Douglas Edwards Elk Ellis Ellsworth Finney Ford Franklin Geary Gove Graham Grant Gray Greeley Greenwood Hamilton Harper Harvey Haskell Hodgeman Jackson Jefferson Jewell Johnson Kearny Kingman Kiowa Labette Lane Leavenworth Lincoln Linn Logan Lyon Marion Marshall McPherson Meade Miami Mitchell Montgomery Morris Morton Nemaha Neosho Ness Norton Osage Osborne Ottawa Pawnee Phillips Pottawatomie Pratt Rawlins Reno Republic Rice Riley Rooks Rush Russell Saline Scott Sedgwick Seward Shawnee Sheridan Sherman Smith Stafford Stanton Stevens Sumner Thomas Trego Wabaunsee Wallace Washington Wichita Wilson Woodson Wyandotte
The state sales tax for businesses and so forth is a standard rate of 6.5% which allows the local government to be able to collect up to another 4.1% on top of this:

  • the average sales tax for the entirety of Kansas is 8.052%,
  • the highest is within the Johnson County that consists of Shawnee Mission and this equates to 10.6% sales tax,
  • the lowest sales tax is in the Butler, Clark, Gray, Greeley, Hodgeman, Jefferson, Kearny, Lane, Linn, Rawlins, Stanton County, which includes cities like El Dorado, Ashland, Cimarron, Tribune, Jetmore, Meriden, Lakin, Dighton, Lacygne, Atwood, Johnson and the sales tax in these areas total to 7.5%

This is a brief overview, and we suggest that you go directly to the page if you wish to get a clearer image of the different ranges of sale tax in a particular county. Please note that the ones that have an asterisk means they are below the usual county level of sales tax.

How to calculate your own sales tax in the state of Kansas.

So, what does this mean for you, if you are looking into how much sales tax you are going to charged dependant on what sort of county you are residing or working out of. You can go ahead and use a sales tax calculator which will give you a section that is exampled below.

$
-or- Specify Sales Tax Rate
-or- Specify ZIP Code
%

 

You do need to know the purchase ZIP code and purchase amount in order to get an accurate figure. For an example we will use the amount of $600 and see what the ranges could be from the highest area to the lowest.

In Shawnee Mission, KS with the highest sales tax of 10.6% would mean that your $500 purchase would incur a $53 sales tax, taking the total amount to $553.

Whereas in Stanton, KS the sales tax is only 7.5% and a $500 purchase would equate to $37.5 tax, taking the total to $537.5.

The sales tax calculator makes it as easy as it can be to find out what sort of sales tax you will be charged by simply adding the amount and the ZIP code. Though there might be some purchases that are exempt from sales taxes or have some special leniency which do need to be taken into consideration.

City Sales Tax Rate Zip-code Population
Wichita 7.50% 67201, 67202, 67203, 67204, 67205, 67206, 67207, 67208, 67209, 67210, 67211, 67212, 67213, 67214, 67215, 67216, 67217, 67218, 67220, 67226, 67228, 67230, 67235, 67260, 67275, 67276, 67277, 67278 313141
Overland Park 9.10% 66204, 66207, 66210, 66212, 66213, 66214, 66221, 66223, 66225, 66251, 66282, 66283 135521
Kansas City 9.13% 66101, 66102, 66103, 66104, 66105, 66106, 66109, 66111, 66112, 66115, 66117, 66118, 66119, 66160 107546
Olathe 9.48% 66051, 66061, 66062, 66063 106607
Topeka 9.15% 66601, 66603, 66604, 66605, 66606, 66607, 66608, 66609, 66611, 66612, 66614, 66616, 66621, 66622, 66624, 66625, 66626, 66629, 66636, 66647, 66667, 66675, 66683, 66699 103292
Lawrence 9.30% 66044, 66045, 66046, 66047, 66049 64247
Shawnee 9.60% 66203, 66216, 66217, 66218, 66226, 66286 59982

Salina

9.25% 67402 46998

Lenexa

9.35% 66215, 66219, 66220, 66227, 66285 41501

Hutchinson

8.60% 67501, 67502 39461

Manhattan

8.95% 66502, 66503, 66505, 66506 38379

Leawood

9.10% 66206, 66209, 66211 32029

Garden City

8.95% 67846 28121

Leavenworth

9.50% 66048 26489

Dodge City

8.65% 67801 23849

Derby

8.00% 67037 22917

Junction City

9.75% 66441 21681

Emporia

8.50% 66801 21385

Prairie Village

8.98% 66208 19259

Hays

8.75% 67601 18500

Newton

8.50% 67114 18192

Pittsburg

9.00% 66762 17111

Gardner

9.48% 66030 16688

Liberal

9.25% 67901 16375

Great Bend

8.25% 67530 15932

Mission

9.60% 66201, 66202 13580

Mcpherson

9.00% 67460 13317

Arkansas City

8.50% 67005 13101

El Dorado

7.50% 67042 12980

Ottawa

9.60% 66067 12924

Winfield

8.50% 67156 11851

Augusta

6.50% 67010 11494

Haysville

8.50% 67060 11466

Andover

7.50% 67002 11299

Independence

9.50% 67301 10945

Parsons

9.25% 67357 10910

Paola

8.00% 66071 10473

Fort Riley

7.50% 66442 10468

Coffeyville

9.50% 67337 10213

Atchison

8.75% 66002 10086

Why do I need to collect sales tax in Kansas?

You will need to collect sales tax if you have any sort of nexus there, and what this means is that if you have assets that are physical or economic then you need to do this.

Physical meaning having a tangible activity or some sort of presence in any of the states of Kansas, economic nexus is simply passing the states’ economic threshold for total revenue, or the maximum number of transactions that can occur in the period of time within the state.

Two easy ways to see if you have either a physical or economic nexus in any of the counties is the following:
Physical:

  • Tangible personal property
  • Business assets or property
  • Own, renting properties
  • Made more than $500,000 in a service or content delivery in the state

Economic:

  • Made more than $100,000 in sales annually
  • More than 200 transactions in the last calendar year

How do I get a sales tax permit?

The main way to go about this is to register online at the Kansas Business Gateway. Follow the steps that are presented to you and ensure that you have the following to hand to use as information:

  • Business identification information
  • Business entity
  • Location/s that you will be conducting this from
  • Date you will start collecting Kansas sales tax from a business/property
  • NAICS Code (North American Industry Classification System.)

What is the best way to file sales taxes?

Before you think of doing anything else there are three things that we recommend that you do in order to make this process as easy and smooth as possible.

First of all, find out how much tax you owe (remember the sales tax calculator we mentioned before) so that you know how much you need to pay the state at the end. Second is get onto the Kansas Department Of Taxation ready to submit them, and third have the money ready so you can make the payment straight away.

There are two main options as well to filing and paying your Kansas sales tax, these are:

  • Filing online. This is where merchants are required to file all of their sales taxes through the department of taxation in the state of Kansas, you can also pay your taxes on this platform, so it is one to keep close to you for future reference.
  • Filing by mail. Simply fill out the form UST-1, but this is not the recommended way of filing your taxes due to the possibilities of them getting lost in the post and then it could mean that you are subject to late fees if they are not filed within the allotted time.

We hope this document was able to allow you to feel more confident when it comes to sales tax in the state of Kansas depending on where you operate out of.