On this page we are describing the sales taxes in the State of Texas, 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 Texas job in the are
  • Applied for a Texas school
  • Opened a Texas bank account in the state of Texas
  • People who may be unable to find their Social Security Card or have lost it.

What is the lowest and highest sales tax in Texas?

In the map of Texas is pictured below there are a total of 254 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.

Anderson Andrews Angelina Aransas Archer Armstrong Atascosa Austin Bailey Bandera Bastrop Baylor Bee Bell Bexar Blanco Borden Bosque Bowie Brazoria Brazos Brewster Briscoe Brooks Brown Burleson Burnet Caldwell Calhoun Callahan Cameron Camp Carson Cass Castro Chambers Cherokee Childress Clay Cochran Coke Coleman Collin Collingsworth Colorado Comal Comanche Concho Cooke Coryell Cottle Crane Crockett Crosby Culberson Dallam Dallas Dawson Deaf Smith Delta Denton DeWitt Dickens Dimmit Donley Duval Eastland Ector Edwards Ellis El Paso Erath Falls Fannin Fayette Fisher Floyd Foard FortBend Franklin Freestone Frio Gaines Galveston Garza Gillespie Glasscock Goliad Gonzales Gray Grayson Gregg Grimes Guadalupe Hale Hall Hamilton Hansford Hardeman Hardin Harris Harrison Hartley Haskell Hays Hemphill Henderson Hidalgo Hill Hockley Hood Hopkins Houston Howard Hudspeth Hunt Hutchinson Irion Jack Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jim Hogg JimWells Johnson Jones Karnes Kaufman Kendall Kenedy Kent Kerr Kimble King Kinney Kleberg Knox Lamar Lamb Lampasas La Salle Lavaca Lee Leon Liberty Limestone Lipscomb LiveOak Llano Loving Lubbock Lynn McCulloch McLennan McMullen Madison Marion Martin Mason Matagorda Maverick Medina Menard Midland Milam Mills Mitchell Montague Montgomery Moore Morris Motley Nacogdoches Navarro Newton Nolan Nueces Ochiltree Oldham Orange Palo Pinto Panola Parker Parmer Pecos Polk Potter Presidio Rains Randall Reagan Real RedRiver Reeves Refugio Roberts Robertson Rockwall Runnels Rusk Sabine San Augustine San Jacinto San Patricio San Saba Schleicher Scurry Shackelford Shelby Sherman Smith Somervell Starr Stephens Sterling Stonewall Sutton Swisher Tarrant Taylor Terrell Terry Throckmorton Titus TomGreen Travis Trinity Tyler Upshur Upton Uvalde Val Verde VanZandt Victoria Walker Waller Ward Washington Webb Wharton Wheeler Wichita Wilbarger Willacy Williamson Wilson Winkler Wise Wood Yoakum Young Zapata Zavala
The state sales tax for businesses and so forth is a standard rate of 6.25% which allows the local government to be able to collect up to another 2% on top of this:

  • the average sales tax for the entirety of Texas is 7.595%,
  • the highest is within the Anderson, Andrews, Aransas, Bailey, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Calhoun, Chambers, Coleman, Collingsworth, Donley, Duval, Eastland, Ector, El Paso, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fort Bend, Garza Counties that consists of Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, El Paso, Houston, Arlington, Corpus Christi, Plano, Laredo, Lubbock, Garland, Irving, Brownsville, Grand Prairie, Amarillo, Mckinney, Round Rock, Midland, Mesquite and this equates to 8.25% sales tax,
  • the lowest sales tax is in the Borden, Briscoe, Coke, Cottle, Crockett, Foard, Glasscock, Goliad, Hartley, Irion, Jack, Kenedy, Kent, King, Lavaca, Loving, Martin, Mcmullen, Newton which includes cities like Frisco, Katy, The Colony, Mission, Edinburg, Alamo, Richmond, Henderson, Aubrey, Floresville, Kaufman, Marshall, Wills Point, Sanger, Kemp and the sales tax in these areas total to 6.25%

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 Texas.

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.

 

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-or- Specify Sales Tax Rate
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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 $500 and see what the ranges could be from the highest area to the lowest.

In Houston, TX with the highest sales tax of 8.25% would mean that your $500 purchase would incur a $41.25 sales tax, taking the total amount to $541.25.

Whereas in Mission, TX the sales tax is only 6.25% and a $500 purchase would equate to $31.25 tax, taking the total to $531.25.

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
Houston 8.25% 77001, 77002, 77003, 77004, 77005, 77006, 77007, 77008, 77009, 77010, 77011, 77012, 77013, 77016, 77017, 77018, 77019, 77020, 77021, 77022, 77023, 77024, 77025, 77026, 77027, 77028, 77029, 77030, 77031, 77032, 77033, 77034, 77035, 77036, 77040, 77042, 77043, 77045, 77046, 77047, 77048, 77051, 77052, 77053, 77054, 77055, 77056, 77057, 77058, 77059, 77060, 77061, 77062, 77063, 77071, 77072, 77074, 77075, 77076, 77077, 77078, 77079, 77080, 77081, 77082, 77085, 77087, 77088, 77089, 77091, 77092, 77093, 77096, 77098, 77099, 77201, 77204, 77205, 77206, 77207, 77208, 77209, 77210, 77215, 77217, 77218, 77219, 77220, 77221, 77222, 77223, 77224, 77225, 77226, 77227, 77230, 77231, 77233, 77234, 77235, 77236, 77237, 77238, 77242, 77243, 77244, 77248, 77249, 77251, 77252, 77253, 77254, 77255, 77256, 77257, 77258, 77259, 77261, 77262, 77263, 77265, 77266, 77267, 77269, 77270, 77271, 77272, 77274, 77275, 77277, 77279, 77280, 77282, 77287, 77288, 77289, 77291, 77292 1520770
San Antonio 8.25% 78201, 78202, 78203, 78204, 78205, 78206, 78207, 78208, 78209, 78210, 78211, 78212, 78213, 78214, 78215, 78216, 78217, 78218, 78219, 78220, 78221, 78222, 78223, 78224, 78225, 78226, 78227, 78228, 78229, 78230, 78231, 78232, 78233, 78234, 78235, 78237, 78238, 78240, 78241, 78242, 78243, 78246, 78247, 78248, 78249, 78250, 78251, 78254, 78256, 78257, 78258, 78259, 78265, 78269, 78270, 78278, 78279, 78280, 78283, 78284, 78285, 78288, 78291, 78292, 78293, 78294, 78295, 78296, 78297, 78298, 78299 1023275
Dallas 8.25% 75201, 75202, 75203, 75204, 75205, 75206, 75207, 75208, 75209, 75210, 75211, 75212, 75214, 75215, 75216, 75217, 75218, 75219, 75220, 75221, 75222, 75223, 75224, 75225, 75226, 75227, 75228, 75229, 75230, 75231, 75232, 75233, 75235, 75236, 75237, 75238, 75240, 75241, 75242, 75243, 75246, 75247, 75248, 75249, 75250, 75251, 75252, 75253, 75254, 75260, 75270, 75287, 75313, 75315, 75336, 75339, 75342, 75354, 75355, 75356, 75357, 75360, 75367, 75370, 75371, 75372, 75374, 75376, 75378, 75379, 75380, 75382, 75390, 75393, 75394, 75398 906850
Austin 8.25% 73301, 73344, 78701, 78702, 78703, 78704, 78705, 78708, 78709, 78710, 78711, 78712, 78713, 78714, 78715, 78716, 78717, 78718, 78720, 78721, 78722, 78723, 78724, 78726, 78727, 78729, 78730, 78731, 78735, 78739, 78741, 78742, 78744, 78745, 78746, 78747, 78748, 78749, 78750, 78751, 78752, 78753, 78754, 78755, 78756, 78757, 78758, 78759, 78760, 78761, 78762, 78763, 78764, 78765, 78766, 78767, 78768, 78772, 78774, 78778, 78779, 78783, 78799 617164
Fort Worth 8.25% 76101, 76102, 76103, 76104, 76105, 76106, 76107, 76109, 76110, 76111, 76112, 76113, 76114, 76115, 76116, 76119, 76120, 76121, 76122, 76123, 76124, 76129, 76130, 76131, 76132, 76133, 76134, 76135, 76136, 76137, 76140, 76147, 76155, 76161, 76162, 76163, 76164, 76166, 76177, 76179, 76185, 76191, 76192, 76193, 76195, 76196, 76197, 76199 538954
El Paso 8.25% 79901, 79902, 79903, 79904, 79905, 79907, 79911, 79912, 79913, 79914, 79915, 79917, 79920, 79922, 79923, 79924, 79925, 79926, 79928, 79930, 79931, 79932, 79934, 79935, 79936, 79937, 79940, 79941, 79942, 79943, 79944, 79945, 79946, 79947, 79948, 79949, 79950, 79951, 79952, 79953, 79954, 79955, 79968, 79978, 79995, 79996, 79997, 88511, 88514, 88515, 88518, 88519, 88521, 88523, 88524, 88525, 88526, 88527, 88530, 88532, 88533, 88534, 88535, 88536, 88538, 88555, 88561, 88562, 88563, 88582, 88583, 88595 494007
Arlington 8.25% 76001, 76002, 76003, 76004, 76005, 76006, 76007, 76010, 76011, 76012, 76013, 76014, 76015, 76016, 76017, 76018, 76019, 76094, 76096 292572
Corpus Christi 8.25% 78401, 78402, 78403, 78404, 78405, 78406, 78407, 78408, 78409, 78410, 78411, 78412, 78413, 78414, 78415, 78416, 78417, 78418, 78419, 78426, 78427, 78460, 78463, 78465, 78466, 78467, 78468, 78469, 78480 227414
Plano 8.25% 75023, 75024, 75025, 75026, 75074, 75075, 75086, 75093 218171
Laredo 8.25% 78040, 78041, 78042, 78043, 78044, 78045, 78046, 78049 181748
Lubbock 8.25% 79401, 79402, 79403, 79404, 79406, 79407, 79408, 79409, 79410, 79411, 79412, 79413, 79414, 79415, 79416, 79423, 79424, 79430, 79452, 79453, 79464, 79490, 79491, 79493, 79499 180277
Garland 8.25% 75040, 75041, 75042, 75043, 75044, 75045, 75046, 75047, 75049 179434
Irving 8.25% 75014, 75015, 75016, 75017, 75038, 75039, 75060, 75061, 75062, 75063 167856
Brownsville 8.25% 78520, 78521, 78522, 78523, 78526 144583
Grand Prairie 8.25% 75050, 75051, 75052, 75053, 75054 132597
Amarillo 8.25% 79101, 79102, 79103, 79104, 79105, 79106, 79107, 79109, 79110, 79111, 79114, 79116, 79117, 79120, 79121, 79159 131467
Mckinney 8.25% 75069, 75070, 75071 113359
Round Rock 8.25% 78664, 78665, 78680, 78681, 78682, 78683 109818
Midland 8.25% 79701, 79702, 79703, 79704, 79705, 79706, 79707, 79708, 79710, 79711, 79712 108806
Mesquite 8.25% 75149, 75150, 75181, 75185, 75187 108772
Pasadena 8.25% 77501, 77502, 77503, 77504, 77505, 77506, 77508 106140
Carrollton 8.25% 75006, 75007, 75010, 75011 103201
Sugar Land 8.25% 77478, 77479, 77487, 77496 99312
Killeen 8.25% 76540, 76541, 76542, 76543, 76547, 76549 97889
Cypress 8.25% 77410, 77429, 77433 97423
Denton 8.25% 76201, 76202, 76203, 76205, 76206, 76207, 76208, 76209, 76210 97134
Mcallen 8.25% 78501, 78502, 78503, 78504, 78505 94892
Frisco 8.25% 75033, 75034, 75035 94754
Abilene 8.25% 79601, 79602, 79603, 79604, 79605, 79606, 79608, 79697, 79698, 79699 92322
Beaumont 8.25% 77701, 77702, 77703, 77704, 77705, 77706, 77707, 77708, 77709, 77720, 77725, 77726 89878
Pearland 8.25% 77581, 77584, 77588 89828
Lewisville 8.25% 75029, 75057, 75067, 75077 88128
Richardson 8.25% 75080, 75081, 75082, 75083, 75085 82338
Waco 8.25% 76701, 76702, 76703, 76704, 76706, 76707, 76708, 76710, 76711, 76714, 76716, 76797, 76798, 76799 81100
Spring 8.25% 77380, 77381, 77382, 77387, 77393 80052
Missouri City 8.25% 77459, 77489 78237
Allen 8.25% 75002, 75013 77927
Longview 8.25% 75601, 75602, 75604, 75605, 75606, 75607, 75608, 75615 77161
Tyler 8.25% 75701, 75702, 75703, 75710, 75711, 75712, 75713, 75798, 75799 75317
Wichita Falls 8.25% 76301, 76302, 76306, 76307, 76308, 76309, 76310 73812
San Angelo 8.25% 76901, 76902, 76903, 76904, 76906, 76909 72012
Baytown 8.25% 77520, 77521, 77522 70679
Keller 8.25% 76248 70353
Odessa 8.25% 79760, 79761, 79762, 79765, 79768 61980
Harlingen 8.25% 78550, 78551, 78552, 78553 60708
League City 8.25% 77573, 77574 58519
Flower Mound 8.25% 75022, 75028 56472
Georgetown 8.25% 78626, 78627, 78628, 78633 56347
Edinburg 8.25% 78539, 78540, 78541 56107
College Station 8.25% 77840, 77841, 77842, 77843, 77844, 77845 54883

Why do I need to collect sales tax in Texas?

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 Texas, 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 Texas 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 Texas 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 Texas 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 Texas 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 Texas, 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 Texas depending on where you operate out of.